“Over 70k children suffered from diabetes in 2015”

The ICMR has also initiated ‘Registry of people with diabetes in young age onset in India’ with the objective to understand the natural history of disease, complications and management practice patterns among youth.

“So far data on 5,546 people with youth onset diabetes from eight centres across the country reported 40 per cent of youth onset diabetics,” he said.

He said the government is implementing the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) for interventions for upto district level under the National Health Mission.

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