World Diabetes Day (WDD) was created in 1991 by IDF and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations Day in 2006 with the passage of United Nation Resolution 61/225. It is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922.
- World Diabetes Day aims to: Be the leading platform to promote diabetes advocacy efforts.
- Promote the importance of taking coordinated and concerted actions to confront diabetes as a serious global health threat.
- Draw attention to the key issues and keep diabetes firmly in the global public and political spotlight.