Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Background -- Part 1. Global burden of diabetes -- 1.1. Mortality from high blood glucose, including diabetes -- 1.2. Prevalence of diabetes and associated risk factors -- 1.3 Burden and trends in the complications of diabetes -- 1.4. Summary -- Part 2. Preventing diabetes -- 2.1. Population-based prevention -- 2.2. Preventing diabetes in people at high risk -- 2.3. Summary -- Part 3. Managing diabetes -- 3.1. Diagnosis and early detection -- 3.2. Management of diabetes--core components -- 3.3. Integrated management of diabetes and other chronic health conditions -- 3.4. Access to essential medicines and basic technologies -- 3.5. Summary -- Part 4. National capacity for prevention and control of diabetes: a snapshot -- 4.1. National policies and plans for diabetes -- 4.2. National guidelines and protocols -- 4.3. Availability of essential medicines and technologies -- 4.4. Surveillance and monitoring -- 4.5. Summary -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Annexes -- Annex A. Current WHO recommendations for the diagnostic criteria for diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia -- Annex B. Methods for estimating diabetes prevalence, overweight and obesity.