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57pc patients don't know they have it

69 lakh people suffer from diabetes

Staff Correspondent
Diabetes is an epidemic that can be reined in by making more and more people aware of how to prevent it in the first place, and get proper treatment once someone is diagnosed with the disease, said doctors and pharmaceutical industry insiders yesterday.
As many as 69 lakh people have diabetes across the country, and 57 percent of them do not know they have it, which makes Bangladesh the 10th largest country with people suffering from undiagnosed diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation.
The data was made public at the launching ceremony of "Rule of Halves", by Danish multi-national pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in association with the Diabetic Association ofBangladesh (DAB).
Rule of Halves is a theoretical framework used to describe the burden of diabetes and the unmet clinical needs along the treatment pathway.
Novo Nordisk with the DAB and Padma Textiles Ltd has launched a countrywide awareness campaign in the run-up to World Diabetes Day on November 14.
Every part of a person's body having blood circulation can be damaged by diabetes, said MA Rashid, CEO of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital, while speaking at the programme.
The disease leads to heart complications that have to take the highest blame for deaths from non-communicable
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diseases, he said, adding that healthy diet, activity, and low stress can save someone from being affected.
But once someone develops it, they have to stick to a disciplined life, said Sayef Uddin, secretary general of DAB.
Treating diabetes is not expensive, but not treating diabetes may prove to be costly with dire consequences, said Prof AKAzad Khan, president ofDAB.
DAB, formed in 1956, has recently set out for digital registration of diabetic patients to bring them within the purview of proper care, Sayef said.
Besides, 14,000 doctors have so far been trained in diabetology by the association so that people in every corner of the country can get treatment.
"We are not done yet. We will be happy only when every diabetic patient is diagnosed and gets proper treatment," said Anan Shetty, managing director of Novo Nordisk, at the programme.
Winnie Estrup Peterson, ambassador designate of the Danish embassy in Dhaka, said there are development challenges still outstanding for Bangladesh, and to achieve the 2030 objectives of SDGs (sustainable development goals), it needs to address non-communicable diseases, one of which is diabetes.