Type 1 diabetes: a relatively unknown sibling of type 2 diabetes

• Main Author: Ahmad Mahfuz, Gazali
• Format: Newspaper
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: CodeBlue.org 2021
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32744/1/Type%201%20Diabetes.docx; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32744/2/Type%201%20diabetes%20mellitus.docx; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32744/3/Codeblue%20Type%201%20diabetes.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32744/; https://codeblue.galencentre.org/; https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2021/11/12/type-1-diabetes-a-relatively-unknown-sibling-of-type-2-diabetes-ahmad-mahfuz-gazali/

Given the global trend of increasing Type 1 diabetes incidences, more attention should be given to Type 1 diabetes in Malaysia. Every year on November 14, the world marks World Diabetes Day, which aims to create awareness about diabetes mellitus. In conjunction with World Diabetes Day, Health director-general Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah has urged Malaysian to pay attention to this chronic disease