| Summary: | The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Malaysia
is rising. It was less than 10% in the last century,
increased to about 15% in the first decade of
the 21st century and further increased up to
more than 20% in the recent National Health
Morbidity Survey 2011.1,2 This translates to a
staggering number of 3 million patients with
diabetes mellitus. This epidemic is not specific
to this country; in fact it is widely reported
worldwide, and about one-third of a billion of
world population is now living with diabetes.3
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has
classified diabetes mellitus as an “international
disaster” and the United Nation Summit in 2011
passed the political declaration to curb diabetes
and other non-communicable diseases.
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