World Diabetes Day is the primary global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes mellitus and is held on November 14 each year.
Led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), each World Diabetes Day focuses on a theme related to diabetes. Topics covered have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, diabetes and obesity, diabetes in the disadvantaged and the vulnerable, and diabetes in children and adolescents. While the campaigns last the whole year, 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 1922.
The logo for World Diabetes Day is a blue circle, the global symbol for diabetes. The logo was adopted by the IDF in 2007 to mark the passage of the United Nations World Diabetes Day Resolution (61/225). The blue border is meant to reflect the colour of the sky and of the United Nations flag.
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