Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), in support of World Diabetes Day and National Diabetes Awareness Month in November, and in collaboration with Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA), is co-organising a number of community outreach initiatives to shed light on the importance of diabetes prevention, detection and treatment.
QBRI will set up an information booth at Qatar Foundation’s Oxygen Park from 3pm to 5pm today, with a meetup at 2pm, where members of the community can participate in various activities to learn more about the prevalence of diabetes in Qatar and the region, as well as measures that can be taken to reduce risk of the disease, according to a press statement.
In addition, QBRI will set up a booth at Landmark Mall tomorrow, from 9am to 10 pm, distributing informational flyers to visitors about the disease, its cause and progression.
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