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- Since its launch in 2016, the KiDS program has created a stimulating learning environment for over 34,000 youngsters in 94 schools, enabling them to discover more about diabetes
Dubai: The important subject of diabetes was the major lesson of today for more than 400 UAE students, when the ‘Kids and Diabetes in Schools’ (KiDS) program was brought to Al Mawakeb Al Barsha in Dubai. An initiative from the UAE Ministry of Health & Prevention (MOHAP) in partnership with Sanofi, the International Diabetes Federation and the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, KiDS is a tailored program to educate children about diabetes and healthy living.
Designed to be interactive, informative, and most importantly fun, KiDS uses specialist educators who make the subject of diabetes both easily accessible and relevant to the students’ everyday lives. Running for a full school day at Al Mawakeb school, Al Barsha branch, an international school established in 1997, KiDS created an exciting environment to learn about diabetes. Included in the agenda was education about type 2 diabetes, explaining how this form of the disease is associated with obesity and a lack of physical activity. The day also explored type 1 diabetes and the ways to manage it.
Helping to get the message across to the pupils, the various activities taking place utilized materials that included coloring books, stickers and storybooks. Games were also incorporated to impart the KiDS lesson.
“Creating awareness on diabetes has become imperative in schools. At Al Mawakeb, we are devoted to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of all our students and committed to grooming inspired and healthy learners who emerge as productive members of society. We firmly believe that we must work together with parents, healthcare providers and the community to provide a supportive educational environment for all and hosting the first KiDS program for this year is a great addition to our schools diabetes management plan.” said Mr. Moussa Chahbaz, Al Mawakeb Al Barsha Principal.
“At Sanofi, one of our long standing commitment is to contribute to building healthy societies, and KiDS forms part of our continued efforts to raise awareness of diabetes. Working together with the Ministry of Health & Prevention and the Ministry of Education in addressing an important health priority, for the benefit of the children, is a truly meaningful endeavor and we value the opportunity to be able to make a difference. As a strategic partner, we will continue to work hard so that the program can reach the most number of students, and ultimately families and communities, delivering outcomes for a healthier future, said Jean-Paul Scheuer, Country Chair & General Manager, Sanofi for Gulf Countries.
Al Mawakeb was the first private education institution the KiDS project travelled to in 2019. The project will expand further by reaching additional private, as well as government, Arabic and English schools this year. Founded in 1979, Al Mawakeb Schools in Dubai boast a student body of more than 6,000 students with over 60 nationalities represented in its three schools in Dubai (Al Mawakeb Al Barsha branch, Al Mawakeb Al Garhoud branch and Al Mawakeb Al Khawaneej branch)
For more information about the KiDS project, visit: www.kids.idf.org.
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About KiDS:
The Kids and Diabetes in Schools (KiDS) program was co-created by Sanofi, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) in 2013 with an aim to support children with diabetes and mitigate discrimination in a school setting by raising awareness of the condition, how to manage it, and the benefits of healthy lifestyle among teachers, nurses, parents, and school children (aged 6-14 years). The program was implemented in the UAE in 2016 through a partnership between the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) and the Ministry of Education. KiDS is a part of Access Accelerated, a first-of-its-kind collaboration focused on improving care for non-communicable diseases.
For more information please contact:
Jorhie Alban
Communications Director, Gulf Countries
Mobile: +971 55 6258292
Tel: +971 4 550 3612
Email: jorhie.alban@sanofi.com
ASDA’A BCW:
Diana Khambatta
Mobile: +971 50 8764094
Email: diana.khambatta@bcw-global.com
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