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April 7th is World Health Day, and as part of our ongoing campaign to raise awareness on Women's Health and the impact it has on the workplace, UNI Equal Opportunities joins the WHO in observing this day.

This year, the focus will be around diabetes. The number of people living with diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults, most living in developing countries. It is the direct cause of death of 1.5 million people and more than 2.2 million have died from cardiovascular diseases related to diabetes.

Measures to prevent diabetes include expanding health promoting environments to reduce risk factors like physical inactivity and unhealthy diets, as well as strengthening national capacities to help people receive the treatment and care they need to manage their conditions.

Please join us in raising awareness on this issue. For more information visit our UNI Women's Health website at: www.uni-womens-health.org