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Diabetes Awareness Month

November is Diabetes Awareness Month.  In 2006, the United Nations officially designated November 14th as World Diabetes Day.  It is marked every year on Sir Frederick Banting’s birthday, who discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922.  Diabetes affects over 500 million people worldwide and about 37 million Americans.   For those with diabetes and their…

November is Diabetes Awareness Month.  In 2006, the United Nations officially designated November 14th as World Diabetes Day.  It is marked every year on Sir Frederick Banting’s birthday, who discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922.  Diabetes affects over 500 million people worldwide and about 37 million Americans.  

For those with diabetes and their caregivers, understanding their condition and keeping their diabetic knowledge up to date is key to managing their disease.  MAC-Legacy has developed a Diabetic Disease Management Plan to assist agencies in building or enhancing an evidenced based program.