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The Director of Health Affairs in Jeddah Governorate, Dr. Sami bin Muhammad Badawood, stressed the importance of solidarity and mutual support among the various health sectors and called on specialists in the field of diabetes and endocrinology to intensify work in scientific research and monitor conditions to limit the rapid spread of diabetes in the Kingdom. The World Health Organization has confirmed that the Kingdom is ranked third in the world among the different age groups of members of the community. Badawad emphasized that these numbers have become frightening and disturbing to the patient, his family and society in general, and he also explained that the primary health care centers in Jeddah are making tremendous efforts in providing educational and therapeutic services to patients Al-Sukkari, because of its advanced capabilities not less than specialized diabetes centers. This came during the inauguration of the Director of Health Affairs in Jeddah Governorate for the previous Jeddah Conference on Developments in the Treatment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, held today Tuesday 11/14/1435 AH for the Jeddah Hilton Hotel, which is organized by the Saudi Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism The opening ceremony began with the Holy Quran, followed by a speech by Dr. Nasser Al-Juhani, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Saudi Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism, in which he confirmed that the statistics issued by the World Health Organization and international organizations specialized in the field of diabetes indicate that the number of diabetics in the world has reached 382,000,000. The percentage of injuries in the age group in the Kingdom from 23 to 80 years is 23%, where the number exceeds The actual number of injured patients in the Kingdom is 5,000,000 million injured, and 22,000 deaths are recorded annually in the Kingdom from diabetes and its complications. After that, Dr. Sami Badawood and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Dr. Nasser Al-Juhani, honored the conference participants and sponsors. It is worth noting that the conference continues during the period from 9-11 / September / 2014 AD and 30 CME hours were approved.
