Diabetes summit held in Savar
Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company with 90 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care, held Bangladesh National Premix Summit 2014 in Savar outside the capital yesterday.
Novo Nordisk initiated the summit with a view to controlling diabetes and its related complications in the huge diabetic population of Bangladesh by ensuring proper glycemic control under the global diabetes treatment guideline, which was discussed in the event, said a press release.
Diabetes is now one of the most common non-communicable diseases and the fifth leading cause of death globally, the release said.
The current diabetic population of 5.08 million in Bangladesh is projected to be triple by the year of 2030, it added.
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