World Diabetes Day marked

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) represented by the NonCommunicable Disease (NCD) Department of the Directorate General of Primary Health Care marked on Wednesday, the World Diabetes Day at the Institute of Islamic Sciences’ main auditorium. The celebration ceremony was held under the auspices of Dr Mohammed Saif Al Hosni, MoH Under-Secretary for Health Affairs, with the presence top officials from MoH and from different governorates.

The event is held in line with the World’s celebration of the Diabetes Day which is marked annually on November 14.

This year’s celebration focuses on the theme of “Woman and Diabetes’’ to shed light on the significance of giving women with type 1, type 2, or Gestational diabetes the right in the comprehensive health care.

The celebration ceremony commenced by an inaugural speech presented by Dr Suleiman Al Mahrazi, Director of Non-Communicable Diseases.

Dr Al Mahrazi elaborated on the major risks of diabetes and possible prevention methods.

A lecture was delivered following the inaugural speech on diabetic indicators, challenges, and relevant future plans in addition to the gestational diabetes was highlighted in the ceremony through presenting a survey in this regard.

The ceremony underlined two initiatives on promoting the health of diabetes. At the end of ceremony, the first three governorates were rewarded on achieving a high control level in diabetes through the past year, in addition to rewarding the successful diabetes-health promoting initiatives.