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Health experts called for a unified strategy to address diabetes ahead of an international conference on the disease. Mohammad Zaheri, head of the Jordanian Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism said that no serious efforts have yet been adopted in the Kingdom to curb the prevalence of diabetes. “There is an urgent need to come up with [...] H.E. Dr. Hanif Hassan, UAE Minister of Health, visited Rashid Center for Diabetes and Obesity in Ajman in preparation of its official opening next May. He was accompanied by Dr. Mahmood Fikri, Executive Director for Health Policies, Hamad Taryam Al Shamsi, Director of Ajman Medical Zone, Dr. Enas Kamel Loazi, Director of the Center and [...] Health Minister HE, Dr Hanif Hassan, visited the Rashid Diabetes Centre at Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Hospital in Ajman, to be showed equipment, curative and surgical services of the centre ahead of its official inauguration. The technical director of centre Dr Einas Kamil, explined to the minister the setting up of the specialized surgical team at [...] Health Minister HE Dr Hanif Hassan, has visited the Rashid Diabetes Centre at Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Hospital in Ajman, where he was briefed about equipment, curative and surgical services of the centre ahead of its official inauguration. Hanif issued instructions to dispatch a number of surgeons for training in the Obesity Surgery Centre at Gothenburg [...] Diabetes consumes a major chunk of the UAE healthcare budget, with annual spend on treating the disease touching $100-$200 million, according to a healthcare official. One out of five people in the UAE has diabetes and according to the Ministry of Health (MOH), diabetes-related heart problems was the biggest killer in the UAE in 2008, accounting [...] |
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