Novo Nordisk observes World Health Day today

Novo Nordisk, a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company, will observe World Health Day today to raise awareness about the rise in diabetes and its consequences, said a press release yesterday.

This year World Health Organization (WHO) is focusing on diabetes with a slogan, "Beat Diabetes", as complications of this disease cause substantial economic loss for patients.

Novo Nordisk will provide diabetes screening at 83 centres of the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, 167 Extended Diabetes Care Centres across the country, some government offices, Dhaka Reporters Unity, and Jatiya Press Club today.