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Indiaspora to host virtual panel on diabetes in South Asians
The Jan. 21 online event will feature Dr. Vivek Murthy and leading public health experts.
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Malvika Choudhary - Wed, 14, Jan 2026
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California-based Indian American nonprofit Indiaspora has announced a virtual discussion focused on the disproportionate impact of type 2 diabetes on South Asian communities in the United States and globally as part of its Health Series.
The Jan. 21 event, titled “Sweet Truths: Diabetes in the South Asian Community,” is the second installment of the series and the organization’s first virtual program of the year.
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The session will open with remarks by Vivek Murthy, who has served as the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States. The discussion will be chaired by Nalini Saligram, founder and chief executive officer of Arogya World.
You’re invited to join us for Sweet Truths: Understanding Diabetes in South Asian Communities, a timely and important conversation about the disproportionate impact of type 2 diabetes on South Asians here and around the world. This is Part 2 of our Health Series which is also… pic.twitter.com/w9a1T2D3Tz
— Indiaspora (@IndiasporaForum) January 13, 2026
The panel will also include K. M. Venkat Narayan, professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University and executive director of the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center; Alka Kanaya, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco; and Ravichandran Ramasamy, professor in the department of medicine, biochemistry and molecular pharmacology at New York University.
The organization highlighted the timely nature of the event, describing the diseases as a growing public health crisis that affects South Asians at significantly higher rates than other populations.
According to Indiaspora, South Asians are up to four times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than people of European ancestry, often about 10 years earlier. Across South Asia, more than 100 million adults currently live with diabetes, a figure projected to rise by more than 70 percent by 2050.
In its announcement, Indiaspora said the discussion will focus on understanding why South Asian communities face a higher risk of diabetes and how prevention, early detection, and management strategies can be strengthened through public health approaches and community engagement.
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