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At the 18th Congress of International
Federation for Diabetes, which was held on 24-29 August in Paris, number
of delegates reached the record –16 428. Diabetes – is the global
pandemia. The nearest 20 years diabetes will be the same as the AIDS was
for the last 20 years of the recent century – declared professor Paul
Zimblit (Australia).
Diabetes destructs the whole body. “Therefore people suffering from
diabetes should know well the essence of the disease and should be the
real specialists of its control”- said Andre Ervuet, 60 years old
patient suffering from diabetes. He was only 12 when he became ill. This
member of the French Association for Diabetes is well aware in the
matters of control of this heavy disease, has no problems and complexes
and feels himself as practically healthy person.
The following associations and centers of Georgia took part in the
Congress: Georgian Federation for Diabetes, Georgian Center for
Diabetes, Association of Defense of Diabetic Children, Children’s Clinic
for Endocrinology, Medical Academy of Georgia, Georgian Medical
University. The delegation from Georgia was headed by the president of
the Federation, professor Ramaz Kurashvili, who, alongside with many
posters delivered a report to the Congress. The report was followed by
interesting discussion. Professor Ramaz Kurashvili appeared on the
fourth place according to the number of papers submitted to the Congress
and his “National Village of Diabetics” was highly estimated by the
foreign experts. The authors of the reports and posters were:
R.Kurashvili, N.Asatiani, M.Gordeladze, D. Metreveli, M.Khelashvili, N.
Bikashvili, L. Tsutskiridze, T. Chijavadze, I. Lebanidze, T. Akhobadze.
One of the posters, which was submitted to the symposium of European
Group of the Urgent Aid for Diabetes gained positive appraisal and a
relevant prize.
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