ESPE Abstracts

Background: Many Muslim adolescents and children insist on fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. There are limited data on the patterns of diabetes management specifically about children and adolescents.Aim: To ascertain the knowledge, attitude, and practices to the management of diabetes during Ramadan fasting among physicians who look after children and adolescents living with diabetes in Arab countries.Methods: An electronic...

Introduction: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has witnessed increasing number of researchers over last decade; for example, in-between 2015 and 2016, the number of researchers (in full time equivalent) per 1 million inhabitants was 2.4K in UAE, 1.1K in Morocco, 680 in Egypt, 604 in Qatar and 242 in Oman. Research and Development investment among Arabic countries was the highest in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirate...