VITALSNEWS: Pakistan now has 34.5 million, not 33m people living with diabetes, WHO warns

Islamabad: Pakistan now has 34.5 million people living with diabetes, a sharp increase from the International Diabetes Federation’s earlier estimate of 33 million, new WHO figures released on World Diabetes Day 2025 show. Health officials say this confirms that Pakistan continues to carry the highest proportional diabetes burden in the world, with one in three adults already affected.

WHO and the Ministry of Health warned on Friday that the country now accounts for more than 40 percent of all diabetes cases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. They urged people to seek screening and adopt preventive lifestyles as the disease continues to rise across all age groups.

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