Pakistan has the highest rate of diabetes on earth.
Nearly one in three adults is living with it — and 9.3 million of them don’t know yet. Finding out takes sixty seconds and costs nothing. That is where a diabetes-free life begins.
Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas, 11th edition (2024 estimates) — 34.5 million adults, 31.4% age-standardised prevalence, 9.3 million undiagnosed, ~230,000 deaths a year.
Where are you today?
Four doors into the same work. Pick the one that sounds like you and we will take you to what is actually useful.
Your ten-year risk of type 2 diabetes
This is the FINDRISC questionnaire — eight questions, no blood test, validated and used by diabetes associations worldwide. Answer honestly and the dial moves as you go.
South Asian waists carry risk at lower measurements than the European thresholds this score was built on — the IDF cut-offs for South Asians are 90 cm for men and 80 cm for women. If you are close to the line, treat your score as the lower estimate.
Book a free screeningThe scale of it, in four numbers
Have you ever thought of diabetes as a life sentence? Has the thought of every meal filled you with dread? If you've been diagnosed recently or have been living with diabetes for years, or even decades, take heart — there is hope.
Diabetes mellitus, a lifestyle disease, impacts your body's ability to effectively use energy from food. Groundbreaking clinical studies, including those by Dr. Neal D. Barnard, have shown that diabetes is reversible.
| Test | Normal | Prediabetes | Diabetes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fasting plasma glucose | < 100 mg/dL | 100 – 125 mg/dL | ≥ 126 mg/dL |
| 2-hour OGTT (75 g) | < 140 mg/dL | 140 – 199 mg/dL | ≥ 200 mg/dL |
| HbA1c | < 5.7 % | 5.7 – 6.4 % | ≥ 6.5 % |
Reference thresholds published by the WHO and the American Diabetes Association, shown here for orientation only. A diagnosis needs a repeat or confirmatory test ordered by your doctor — call the Foundation on +92 41-2694037 to find your nearest screening camp.
Care that treats the person, not only the reading
Providing trusted diabetes care with safe, effective, and patient-focused medicines because your health deserves compassion and precision.
Everything the Foundation does sits on that principle. Screening camps, counselling, continuing medical education and subsidised treatment all serve the same aim — that a diagnosis in Faisalabad is met with practical support rather than fear.
Six signs worth acting on
Symptoms often arrive quietly and are put down to a busy life. If several of these appear together, a simple fasting glucose test is the fastest way to know where you stand.
Frequent urination
Increased thirst and repeated trips to the bathroom, particularly through the night.
Fatigue
Persistent tiredness and weakness that rest does not resolve.
Unexpected weight loss
Weight falling away despite an increased appetite and normal eating.
Blurred vision
Vision that shifts or blurs as high blood sugar affects the lens of the eye.
Slow wound healing
Cuts and sores that linger, as raised glucose interferes with collagen production.
Numbness or tingling
Pins and needles in the hands or feet, from nerve damage caused by elevated glucose.
Three habits that carry most of the weight
Preventing diabetes involves adopting a balanced lifestyle focused on healthy eating, regular physical activity, and maintaining a healthy weight. A diet rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins while limiting sugary drinks and high-calorie snacks helps manage weight and blood sugar levels.
Yoga
Gentle, low-impact practice that improves insulin sensitivity and lowers the stress load that pushes glucose up.
Vegetables
Whole grains, fruits, vegetables and lean protein in place of sugary drinks and high-calorie snacks.
Exercise
Regular physical activity, sustained through the week, to hold a healthy weight and steady blood sugar.
What to cut back
Sugary drinks and high-calorie snacks are the easiest thing to change and the hardest habit to break. The Foundation's seminar with NIFSAT at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad looked specifically at non-nutritive sweeteners and where they do and do not help.
What the Foundation runs
Four recurring strands — free screening, clinical education, institutional partnership and public awareness. Each runs continuously rather than as a one-off campaign.
Free camps
Run with the Primary Care Diabetes Association Pakistan, bringing testing to neighbourhoods and workplaces at no cost.
CME sessions
Continuing medical education keeping primary care practitioners current on treatment and complications.
Diabetic foot care
An MOU with Faisalabad Medical University to strengthen diabetic foot services across the city.
Watch the work
Talks, camps and the people behind the Foundation.
Obesity, Metabolism & Diabetes
The Foundation's flagship two-day scientific conference, held with Faisalabad Medical University at the Serena Hotel.
Serena Hotel, Faisalabad
Two days of scientific sessions · hosted by the Lyallpur Diabetes Foundation
Fund a camp
Strips, lancets and staff time for a free community screening camp — the cheapest way to find the nine million who don't know.
Bring us to your workplace
The Foundation has screened Faisalabad's industrial workforce on site. If you run a factory, school or office, we will come to you.
Partner with us
Institutional partnerships with universities, hospitals and associations — locally and, as with our Liverpool work, internationally.
Have you turned your diabetes around?
The Foundation is collecting the stories of people in Faisalabad who took the diagnosis and changed what followed. If that is you, we would like to hear it.
Speak to someone today
Counselling, support groups and access to trained professionals — for the person diagnosed and for the family around them.