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Bahrain to host diabetes conference/exhibition

Manama, Aug. 4 (BNA): Under the auspices of HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the Prime Minister, the Kingdom of Bahrain will host the Diabetics Health Conference/Exhibition on 10-12 March 2016 to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Society's foundation. Organised by the Bahrain Diabetes Society (BDS), the conference aims to muster efforts to confront diabetes and to curb the disease spread and complications and to boost awareness about the nature of this disease through education and enlightenment on how to co-exist with this chronic disease which inflicts men, women and children in various age groups. The conference is anticipated to attract the participation of regional and international institutions, including the Gulf Diabetes Study Group, and diabetes associations from the Mediterranean, North Africa, the World Federation of Diabetes, experts and consultants from the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gulf Cooperation Council states, Arab countries and from around the globe. The conference will include presentation of lectures and workshops in Arabic for diabetic patients and their relatives on the techniques of prevention of type I and type II diabetes and sheds light on latest developments in the treatment of diabetes. On the conference's side-lines, a health exhibition will be organised with participation of numerous pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and health centres.

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