The diagnosis "diabetes" has been set to 23 children in Naberezhnye Chelny in 2015. In total there are 127 children with this diagnosis in the town. According to specialists, the principal cause of disease is genetic and autoimmune disposition. The diabetes’ school successfully works in the town since 1999. The children's endocrinologist of Kamsky Children's Medical Centre Roza Salimullina leads the school. The school helps the parents to plane the child’s food, to control glucose level in blood, to control the insulin therapy dose and safe exercises.