World Day Against Diabetes

The main problem for diabetics is expensive medications.There are many people suffering from this disease in Azerbaijan, and alarming statistics show that the number of patients with diabetes in Azerbaijan is constantly growing.

According to Akif Mukhtarov, a member of the Azerbaijan Diabetes Society, our state has created a legislative framework focused on patients with diabetes.

On December 23, 2004, the law “On State Assistance to Persons with Diabetes” was adopted in Azerbaijan, and on February 12, 2004, the President signed a decree on the implementation of this law.

In the summer of 2005, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted the State Program for Assistance to People with Diabetes.

Today, scientists around the world are increasingly convinced that the foundations of such an insidious disease as diabetes are laid in childhood. That is why timely prevention among children and adolescents can protect them and the whole society from this disease.

And even if diabetes still overtakes a person, then detected at an early stage, it can be taken under control. And then a person will live normally without fear of the serious consequences of this disease. Diabetes cannot be cured, but it can and should be prevented.