TRA Celebrated World Diabetes Day At Its Headquarters In Abu Dhabi

Celebration Included a 20 Minute Lecture on Diabetes, Free Medical Tests for Employees and a Team of Nutritionists to Maintain Healthy Diet

As part of its commitment to the UAE, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) celebrated World Diabetes Day with activities that enhance the corporate wellness of its employees. The celebration took place in TRA’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi where over 150 employees were invited to benefit from these health activities.

The activities included a 20 minute lecture on Diabetes, its causes, preventions and how patients can become healthier. TRA also offered all its employees a free medical test to ensure they are healthy and brought a team of nutritionists for any employee that would like to have a diet consultation.

“For a sustainable future, corporate wellness must be considered a must by every company.” said H.E. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, TRA Director General. “We believe it is a moral obligation on companies to be the catalyst of positive change which contributes to the welfare of the UAE - In honour of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s belief that the wellbeing of the nation is in our hands, as the people of the UAE.”

“These campaigns help us raise awareness on the risks of diabetes and ways of prevention and they come as part of TRA’s comprehensive strategy to provide care to its employees wellness and the continuous efforts to improve the health standards and contribute to fighting off this dangerous disease”, he added.

More than 371 million people worldwide have diabetes with almost 50% of people unaware that they have the condition. The United Arab Emirates is ranked 11th worldwide with the highest prevalence rate of diabetes, about 20% population in 2012 and this is mainly due to bad eating habits and lack of exercise.

According to the latest figures, the number of people suffering from the disease worldwide is expected to increase to 552 million by 2030 as opposed to 371 million people in 2012, which inflicts a substantial burden on governments’ budgets with the increasing costs of treatments and medicine and reduced productivity for a large segment of the productive youth population.

Emirate:  Abu Dhabi

Date: Nov 27, 2013

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