Need to raise public awareness on diabetes

PETALING JAYA: The Wawasan Bridge and the Perbadanan Putrajaya building arch will be lit up in blue tomorrow night to mark the World Diabetes Day 2009 and to raise awareness of the disease among Malaysians.

National Diabetes Institute (Nadi) spokesman Nur Shereen Dzulkiflee said it was important that the public were made aware of the danger of the disease which has struck close to 15% of Malaysians above 30 years of age.