The World Health Organization has launched a new Global Diabetes Compact that aims to boost efforts towards prevention of diabetes and making treatment available for all those who need it.

The Compact was launched at the Global Diabetes Summit, co-hosted by WHO and the Government of Canada, and supported the University of Toronto. Among the most urgent priorities is to improve access to diabetes diagnostic tools and medicines, especially insulin, in low- and middle-income countries. The Compact also focuses on catalyzing progress by setting global coverage targets. A ‘global price tag’ will appraise the costs and benefits of meeting new targets for diabetes care across the globe. The Compact will also encourage governments to fulfil the commitments they made to include diabetes prevention and treatment into primary health care and universal health coverage packages… (WHO, April 14, 2021)