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Diabetes Support Network India, a Facebook community run by the Blue Circle Diabetes Foundation, has become the first Indian group related to the lifestyle disease to be selected for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Programme which focuses on helping leaders harness community power to turn ideas into action.
During the eight-month programme, 131 participants spread over nine regions across the world will receive mentorship, early access to all new Facebook products and funding of up to $50,000 to invest in initiatives that extend their community’s positive impact.
According to the International Diabetes Federation, India is home to over 77 million diabetics, the second highest in the world. Blue Circle Diabetes Foundation is a volunteer-led, registered non-profit organisation and support group that works in diabetes awareness and advocacy. It is the largest patient-led diabetes community and support group in India that welcomes people with type-1 diabetes, type-2 diabetes and gestational diabetes.
It aims to educate, engage and empower people with diabetes to live happy, healthy lives. It also aims to address the lack of access and to bust myths and stigma associated with the condition.
World Diabetes Day is marked on November 14 every year, which is the birthday of Sir Fredrick Banting who co-discovered insulin and won the Nobel Prize for the same. This year also marks 100 years of the discovery.
