Global inequality in target attainment among people with diabetes

Launched in 2021, the WHO Global Diabetes Compact is a global initiative to tackle the growing burden of diabetes, reframing diabetes as a tracer condition for universal health coverage and health-system benchmarking.1 The WHO Compact establishes visionary 2030 targets for improving health outcomes: 80% of people with diagnosed diabetes, and among those diagnosed, 80% attaining good glycaemic (HbA1c <8·0% 64 mmol/mol) and blood pressure control (<140/90 mm Hg), and 60% of those aged at least 40 years using statins.