Great diabetes warriors and care givers,
It's world diabetes day 2021, and we are excited. We are not there yet, but we believe we are moving forward and making progress.
With this year's theme, we want to as always call on the government, policy makers and law makers to ensure that treatment for non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension receive required attention. If we can't get the drugs and other medications entirely free, let's get reasonable subsidy on them.
Living with non-communicable disease is not a choice or as a result of act of carelessness as the case maybe( considering type 1 diabetes), the government and those in affairs of policy making and implementation must rise up to the task especially in the face of the increasing hardship as a result of the economic challenges in Nigeria and Africa at large. While provisions are been made to curtail communicable diseases, let's not forget that there are people who live daily on pills and injectables, not by the choices they make but of necessities.
It is our hope that our voices be heard and something done about the rising prices of this medications so that while the rich are buying without reservations, the poor too can afford to have their daily pills.
I want specially thank my colleagues in the war front, those whose relentless efforts in their little ways are bringing about the change we desire and deserve in the diabetes community.
Many thanks to companies such as Roche and host of many others that always find the opportunity to give back, we appreciate your efforts.
Finally, we appreciate all the care givers that supports everyone living with diabetes or any other non-communicable disease, thank you for the great job, your support keeps many people's hope alive. While we hope for the days we will begin to reap the fruits of our demand for the diabetes community and other NCDs, we congratulate all those living and fighting DIABETES, YOU ARE THE REAL WARRIORS AND CHAMPIONS and we celebrate you today with great joy.💙
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