Question: World Diabetes Day is celebrated on-
(a) 13 November
(b) 18 November
(c) 14 November
(d) 17 November
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 14 November 2016; World Diabetes Day was celebrated across the world.
- The theme of World Diabetes Day 2016 is “Eyes on Diabetes”.
- World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the WHO.
- The day itself marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best and John James Rickard Macleod, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1921.
- In 1923 Banting and John James Rickard Macleod received the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
- On 20 December 2006, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 61/225 to celebrate 14 November as World Diabetes Day.
Reference:
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/World-Diabetes-Day/
http://www.who.int/life-course/news/events/world-diabetes-day-2016/en/
http://www.who.int/diabetes/en/
http://www.idf.org/wdd-index/wdd2016.html
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs312/en/