World Diabetes Day (14 November) is used to create awareness of diabetes throughout the world. It is a fact that in recent years the incidence of diabetes has been increasing greatly on a world level. In order to counteract this development, the diabetes community is putting diabetes on the agenda on World Diabetes Day. But if we are really going to reverse the trend for our children, we need to support the educational work more actively.

The World Diabetes Day is a UN-oberved day symbolised by a light blue circle all over the world. We have developed different blue circle activities which will work great when celebrating World Diabetes Day. Putting focus on the youth is key if we wish to change the future of diabetes. We therefore encourage you to engage in activities with children using these blue circle materials.