Cuba Marks World Diabetes Day

Havana, Nov 14. -Cuba on Monday marks World Diabetes Day with a series of activities aimed at raising aware of that disease, its increasing growth and how to avoid it.UN Calls for Medicine, Quality Treatment for Diabetic PatientsFor that reason, the country is carrying out spaces for reflection in waiting rooms, policlinics and counseling centers for diabetics, drawing and literary contests, and schools for health.

Also on the list are cultural education festivals and scientific activities, among other strategies.

World Diabetes Day was set up on the initiative of the International Diabetes Foundation and the World Health Organization.

The date, November 14, marks the birthday of Frederick Banting, who along with Charles Best played a determining part in the discovery in 1921 of insulin, a hormone essential in the treatment of those affected. (Prensa Latina)