Diabetes is a global health problem. Those who suffer from this disease produce little or no insulin, or have an ineffective response to insulin that causes their high blood sugar levels to be abnormally high.
Among the different types of diabetes, type 1 is most common in childhood and adolescence – in 2019, about 1.5 million people under 20 years of age were affected worldwide, and of the 16,300 deaths attributed to diabetes in people under 25 years of age, 73.7 % were caused by type 1 diabetes.
