Diabetes awareness walk, seminar

Ishara MUDUGAMUWA

A Diabetes awareness walk and a public seminar has been organized by the Non Communicable Disease(NCD) Unit of the Health Ministry, Sri Lanka Medical Association (NCD Sub-committee, Diabetes Prevention Task Force and Nirogi Lanka Project) and Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo in collaboration with many other institutions to commemorate the World Diabetes Day 2011 which falls on November 14, said Nirogi Lanka Project Chairperson Prof. Chandrika Wijeyaratne at a press conference held at the Information Department.

World Diabetes Day(WDD) is celebrated every year on November 14. This year the theme of the WDD is "Act on Diabetes Now".

A Diabetes Awareness Walk will begin at 7am on November 13 from Colombo Town Hall and proceed to the BMICH. The public seminar will be held at Mihilaka Medura, BMICH on November 13 from 8.50 am, she said.

The Chairperson also said that Diabetes Awareness Walks and many other awareness programmes will also be held on November 13 in many hospitals like the NHSL, DSHW, LRH, Eye Hospital, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Ragama Rehabilitation Hospital, Kandy, Galle, Kegalle, Dambadeniya, Samanthurai, Mahiyanganaya, Panadura, Nuwara Eliya, Gampaha, Batticaloa, Jaffna, Kalmunai-South, Welimada, Pimbura, Anuradhapura, Hiribathgoda, Hambantota and Piliyandala, Nawalapitiya, Matara, Badulla, Poind Pedro, Mawanella and Monaragala with the participation of political leadership, Health Ministry sector, Professional Medical bodies, Schools, Universities, Tharunyata Hetak, Media, Sports, Girl guides, Red Cross, WHO, UNICEF, ILO, Corporate sector and food producers association.