ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2014
The curse of wealth - Middle Eastern countries need to address the rapidly rising burden of diabetes.
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- Health Promotion Programs to Reduce Noncommunicable Diseases: A Call for Action in Kuwait.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Genome-wide association study identifies novel risk variants from RPS6KA1, CADPS, VARS, and DHX58 for fasting plasma glucose in Arab population.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Comparison of awareness of diabetes mellitus type II with treatment's outcome in term of direct cost in a hospital in Saudi Arabia.World journal of diabetes · 2019Article
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Abstract
The energy boom of the last decade has led to rapidly increasing wealth in the Middle East, particularly in the oil and gas-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This exceptional growth in prosperity has brought with it rapid changes in lifestyles that have resulted in a significant rise in chronic disease. In particular the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has increased dramatically and health system capacity has not kept pace. In this article, we summarize the current literature to illustrate the magnitude of the problem, its causes and its impact on health and point to options how to address it.
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