14/11/2017
World Diabetes Day 2017 : Woman and Diabetes – Our right to a healthy future.
Pregnant women require improved access to screening, care and education to achieve positive health outcomes for mother and child.
Supporting facts
• 1 in 7 births is affected by gestational diabetes.
• IDF estimates that 20.9 million or 16.2% of live births to women in 2015 had some form of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. Approximately half of women with a history of GDM go on to develop type 2 diabetes within five to ten years after delivery.
• Half of all cases of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy occur in women under the age of 30.
• The vast majority of cases of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy were in low- and middle-income countries, where access to maternal care is often limited.
Regards,
Dr Utsav D Shah,
MDS, Pedodontist.