Rabat - About 2 million Moroccans over the age of 20 have diabetes, including 50 pc who are unaware of living with this disease, Health Minister El Houssaine Louardi said Monday in Rabat.
Rabat – About 2 million Moroccans over the age of 20 have diabetes, including 50 pc who are unaware of living with this disease, Health Minister El Houssaine Louardi said Monday in Rabat.
625,000 people are receiving treatment for diabetes in health centers, including 15,000 children with type 1 diabetes, the minister said at a meeting of the Commission on Social Sectors at the House of Representatives on “the strategy of the Health Ministry for the prevention and the fight against diabetes in the light of the launch of the national awareness campaign.”
The minister pointed out that this awareness campaign will run from April 7 through May 7, at a cost of 3 million dirhams and will allow 500,000 people to benefit from screening as of April until late June.
He also noted that the 2012-2016 National Action Plan for prevention and fight against diabetes, which is part of the Global Action Plan for the fight against diabetes and the 2011-2025 Global Action Plan for the Fight against non-communicable diseases (WHO), generally aims to reduce complications and deaths resulting from this disease.
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