Qatar – Advocacy for Children
The first Al-Bawasil camp was held in January 1999 and it has been held every year since. This year a virtual event was held organised by the Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA). The camp involved 40 children with diabetes aged 7 to 11 from nine diabetes associations from Qatar, Sudan, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, […]
Obesity Driving Diabetes Rise
In a Qatar National Reseach Fund study, the gulf state of Oman is facing a rapidly rising diabetes epidemic over the coming three decades. The number of people with diabetes will continue to grow, making it challenging to control if no major preventive interventions are implemented now. It is feared that diabetes prevalence could reach […]