Abstract
Today, there are about half a billion diabetic patients worldwide, and almost a third of them do not even know about their diagnosis. Expressing serious concern about this state of affairs, in 1991 the International Diabetes Federation proposed November 14 to be designated as World Diabetes Day. It was on this day that the Canadian doctor, scientist and a Nobel laureate Frederick Banting was born. Together with his colleagues, he discovered insulin and gave millions of patients hope for salvation. This initiative was supported by the World Health Organization, and for almost thirty years now, doctors around the world have been calling not to remain indifferent on this day to patients with this terrible disease. Since 2007, World Diabetes Day has been held under the auspices of the United Nations (UN); this day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in a special resolution in 2006.
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