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Diabetes.bh An online education and community portal for diabetes in Bahrain
www.diabetes.bh
English / Arabic
Mr. Hisham Fawzi Shehabi
Mr. Tariq Al Olaimy Mr. Emad Naeemi Mr. Saleh Al Derazi
Bahrain
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Diabetes.bh is the first online education and community portal targeted at diabe tes in Bahrain. The platform gathers stakeholders in the diabetes ecosystem in Bahrain, including specialists, hospitals, clinics, universities and others, to create a collaborative environment for diabetes. Diabetes.bh is designed to be an open source initiative: the diabetes.bh team actively targets potential partners on dia betes who later become content providers and collaborators to the website. Among the key services and content pro vided by diabetes.bh are news and blog sections, a directory of contacts, an events calendar, a gallery of images and videos, and an extensive diabetes re source section.
“The momentum that the MDGs have garnered over the past decade has shown the importance of partnerships on a local level but also across borders. The UN Agenda has activated NGOs, private and public sector as well as individuals to make a contribution to the global impact. Bahrain has made great progress in terms of achieving the MDGs, and we believe that the diabetes “time-bomb” can seriously damage these efforts. 30% of the population is affected by this disease and on the public health agenda it is considered a serious threat. The best tools to fight it are education and awareness. The internet is a great platform for the dissemination of information - the diabetes. bh team is doing its part to make best use of it.” (Hisham Fawzi Shehabi)