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Global Diabetes: Prevention & control – current and future

Join us for this open lecture with Professor of Epidemiology & Medicine, Emory University, USA, Venkat Narayan. 

TIME: 18 December, 14:30 – 15:30 followed by a 1-hour reception

Global Diabetes: Prevention & control – current and future

Join us for this open lecture with Professor of Epidemiology & Medicine, Emory University, USA, Venkat Narayan. 

TIME: 18 December, 14:30 – 15:30 followed by a 1-hour reception

VENUE: University of Copenhagen, Centre for Health and Society campus, Øster Farimagsgade 5, building 2, room 2.30, Copenhagen

REGISTRATION: Due to limited seat capacity, you need to sign up in order to participate by contacting Dirk L. Christensen [email protected] no later than Sunday December 14.

Professor Venkat Narayan will cover different sub-topics relevant to diabetes and global health epidemiologists and clinicians.

Economic development and an explosion of diabetes  

Two major macro-level changes are currently sweeping the world: major economic development across low- and middle-income countries(LMICs), such as China, India, and others, and impressive improvements in life expectancies in almost all countries of the world.

Accompanying these trends are a shift in the global burden of disease, which is transitioning toward chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) everywhere, while the unfinished agenda of infectious diseases and under-nutrition still exist in LMICs. 

An example of this phenomenon is the explosion of diabetes worldwide, in low, middle, and high income countries, in urban and rural areas, and in rich and poor populations. Left unchecked the impact on human health and economics will be devastating.

Global science collaborations can enable diabetes prevention

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http://globalhealth.ku.dk/events/2014/global_diabetes_and_control