Diabetes super course, Middle East/North Africa

Area Partner Project responsible Duration Project budget WDF contribution Project number

Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) I. Serageldin, Ph.D. Director BA October 2006 - November 2008 USD 252,676 USD 120,000 WDF06-184

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Objective

The aim of the project is to raise public awareness of prevention and control of diabetes in the MENA region (Middle East/North Africa).

Expected impact

• A network of about 2,000 persons will be established
• A collection of the best lectures (app. 400 presentations) created, a website designed, lectures distributed with promotion of website and DVDs disseminated
• Distribution of 8,000 DVDs/CDs with best lectures

Results to date

• 1,100 people have been recruited for the network
• 134 diabetes lectures have been collected to be disseminated and posted on the website. 5 lectures have been translated into Arabic 
• 2,000 CDs containing the first 100 diabetes lectures have been distributed to academic faculties in the region 

Additional information on the project can be found here.

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