Daman launches a Health Awareness Programme.Daman launches a Health Awareness Programme - Open to the public: Bilingual lectures on 3 common diseases affecting the UAE- Attendants will receive free screening services at lecture premisesConsistent with Daman's social responsibility values that entail entail, in law, restriction of inheritance to a limited class of descendants for at least several generations. The object of entail is to preserve large estates in land from the disintegration that is caused by equal inheritance by all the heirs and by the ordinary giving back to the community and engaging in raising awareness Raising awareness is a common phrase advocacy groups use to justify a particular event, brochure or even the entire organization. Raising awareness refers to alerting the general public that a certain issue exists and should be approached the way the group desires. to improve health standards of the Nation, the National Health Insurance Company 'Daman' will be taking yet another proactive approach to educate the public on the three most common health hazards health hazard Occupational safety Any agent or activity posing a potential hazard to health. Cf Physical hazard. affecting the population today. Daman will launch a Health Awareness Programme that consists of a series of lectures held in both Arabic and English to promote patient awareness, self-care behaviours, and informed decision making. The lectures are open to the public and will be held starting April covering, Diabetes, Obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. , and Hypercholesterolemia Hypercholesterolemia Definition Hypercholesterolemia refers to levels of cholesterol in the blood that are higher than normal. Description Cholesterol circulates in the blood stream. It is an essential molecule for the human body. . The World Health Organization published statistics on Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypercholesterolemia in the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. showing a raise in the people affected by theses in the last few years. Daman's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dr. Michael Bitzer stated, "Our decision to hold this Programme was affected by the statistics published by the World Health Organization on these three diseases affecting the UAE, which were quite alarming. Raising awareness and living healthy lifestyles are vital when it comes to preventing such ailments and we are delighted to be able to play a role in further informing the public of these topics." The first lectures in this series will be held on Tuesday the 22nd of April at 7 pm in Arabic and on Tuesday the 29th of April at 7 pm and in English. Both lectures will be held at the Cultural Foundation's Ibn Majed Hall, conducted by prominent specialist physicians and primary health educators, who will discuss the symptoms and effects of the diseases, as well as the methods of controlling and preventing any complications. Health care providers and pharmaceutical companies will provide the attendants with free screening services following the lectures. [c] 2008 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) |
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