THE
CHARLES H. BEST
DIABETES CENTRE
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month (NDAM). Please check out our type 1 diabetes (T1D) topics. We encourage you to share this information on your social media to help educate the public, and raise awareness about (T1D.
NOVEMBER 14th IS WORLD DIABETES DAY!
HOW TO SUPPORT THE BEST CENTRE THIS NOVEMBER?
Toonie for T1D program encourages students to bring information and flyers to their school.
Parents can help by sharing this information with your child's school teachers, on your social media, at work and with friends and family. Together we can raise community awareness about T1D abd World Diabetes Day.
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The Best Centre Founder, Marlene Grass, invites you to celebrate World Diabetes Day with her and other patients and families with a virtual event, ZOOM IN BLUE! Join us at 7PM on November 14th to share T1D stories and talk about the meaning of WDD. Speakers will be followed by a Q&A.
We also encourage you to wear your best blue outfit or decorate your background in blue. If you'd like to attend, speak at the event, or have a question you can send ahead of time, please email amy@charleshbest.com.
November 14th is a very important day in the world of diabetes as it marks World Diabetes Day across the globe! The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre honours this important day, along with others from over 300 countries around the world. November 14th celebrates Sir Frederick Banting (his birthday) and Charles H. Best, Canadian medical scientists who co-discovered insulin. The symbol for World Diabetes Day (WDD) is a blue circle; a logo that was adopted in 2007 after the passage of the UN Resolution on diabetes. The blue circle is the global symbol for diabetes awareness. It signifies the unity of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes epidemic.
Our goal is to raise awareness about the significant impact that type 1 diabetes has on the patient and family. Also, the effect it has of support networks to promotes the role of family in self-management, care and education. Together, we can support our growing number of families living with type 1.
The World Diabetes Day campaign theme for 2021-23 is Access to Diabetes Care. Interesting, access to individualized care is a driving force behind the mission of our centre.
The campaign is represented by a blue circle logo that was adopted in 2007 after the passage of the UN Resolution on diabetes. The blue circle is the global symbol for diabetes awareness. It signifies the unity of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes epidemic.
See more from the International Diabetes Federation
The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre encourages our patients and families to help raise awareness and support clinical program fundraising. Please consider donating to the 14 FOR 14 MOVEMENT or Toonie for T1D campaigns.