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In a conference titled "Diabetes, Evolutions and Challenges of Arab Society", the Galilee Society revealed that the incidence of diabetes among Palestinians had tripled in the last 15 years, that there were currently 107 000 diabetic patients and that the proportion of women was higher than that of men.
Bakr Awawdeh, director of the Galilee Society, said: "The statistics indicate the spread of the disease.We are talking about more than one hundred thousand diabetic Arabs in the Green Line.The Assembly will alert officials, leaders and parties We are concerned that we are facing a dangerous situation in which we must cooperate: the doctor, the patient, the family, the authorities and the activists. "
"In 2004, there were 34,000 diabetics among Palestinian Arabs at home, we now have 103,000 and the increase is three times higher," said Ahmed Al-Sheikh Mohammed, a researcher at Rakaz Social Research. "There is a 40% increase in population, but the rate of increase in diabetes has reached 300%".
"The infection rate in Israel is 8.6%, in the West Bank and Gaza, from 6.4% to 10% and the age composition of Palestinian society in his country is no different the West Bank and Gaza, which is 12.8%, one of the highest in the Middle East.
The second session explored the risk factors for type 2 diabetes in Arab society. "The disease is a societal problem and we are talking about a complete societal model that causes diabetes because of all its dimensions both personally and economically.We are talking about about $ 650 million acting on diabetes in the world "
Naeem Shehadeh, director of the Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes of Rambam Nahaf Hospital, stressed that "the genes have an impact on the incidence of diabetes, as well as on the quality of nutrition, our customs and our traditions. " Today, among the top ten countries in the world, five Arab countries have similar diabetes and we have similar habits and nutrition. "
"Diabetes is a class disease, the rich are better off, the poor are more difficult, which overshadows the complexity of treatment and care and mortality rates related to diabetes," said Shehadeh.
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