On 18 November, the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi will hold a free diabetes awareness and screening drive during the World Diabetes Day to sensitise the public about the disease, its treatment and management. This year’s World Diabetes Day is themed “Women and diabetes: Our right to a healthy future”. It focuses on promoting the importance of affordable and equitable access for all women at risk of or living with diabetes to essential medicine and technology, self-management education and information.