Bahrain to host diabetes, endocrine conference

The second Bahrain Diabetes and Endocrine Conference will open on February 20. The two-day event will be held under the patronage of Supreme Council for Health (SCH) President Lieutenant- General Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.

“The conference is being held for the second consecutive year in cooperation with the Royal Bahrain Hospital, Bahrain Diabetes Society and QTC company,” said conference chief Dr Wiam Hussein, Senior Consultant-Endocrinology and Diabetes. Leading practitioners specialised in Endocrinology and Diabetes will attend the conference to discuss key scientific papers that highlight latest diagnostic and therapeutic strides.

Reviewing the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment in the field of diabetes and its implications, and exchanging experiences and experiences in this regard. Dr Wiam Hussein said that diabetes scientific research award. 9.2 per cent of the total number of citizens in the Kingdom suffer from diabetes, it was revealed.

The number of diabetic citizens in Bahrain has reached 63,805, the Ministry of Health has said. The ministry revealed that Bahrain has the least percentage of diabetes when compared to other Gulf countries. In Kuwait it is 19pc, 18pc in Qatar, 17pc in Saudi Arabia, 15pc in the UAE, and Oman 13.5pc. More than 100 million US adults are now living with diabetes or pre-diabetes, according to a new report released yesterday by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report finds that as of 2015, 30.3m Americans – 9.4pc of the US population – have diabetes.

According to World Health Organisation (WHO), diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation.