The President was participating in the National Diabetes Day Walk, held at Galle Face Green last morning.

The President also proposed the declaration of a Diabetes Month, to educate the people on measures to prevent the decease, through the implementation of a national programme with the participation of all hospital staff, including doctors and MOH officers.

The President also emphasised the need to take firm decisions against products with heavy sugar content and the stringent implementation of the tax on beverages with heavy sugar mixtures.

The Diabetes Walk was jointly organized by the Health Ministry’s Bureau on Non-Communicable Disease, Sri Lanka Diabetes Congress and the Medical Institute on Diabetes and Endocrine.