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As part of World Diabetes Awareness Day, the Patient andCommunity Education Department at Fakeeh Group – Jeddah conducted multipleawareness campaigns throughout the month of November. These efforts includedvisits to several schools to educate students living with diabetes on how tomanage their condition, maintain blood glucose within target range, andunderstand the importance of regular follow-up, adherence to medical guidance,healthy nutrition, medication compliance, and physical activity to achieve optimalcontrol.
The department also organized a community awarenesscampaign at Mall of Arabia in Jeddah, aiming to reach a wider audience throughvarious educational stations. These stations featured endocrinologists,ophthalmologists, dentists, diabetic foot specialists, as well as nutrition anddiabetes educators.
The activities concluded with a live session organized incollaboration with the Marketing Department, featuring a pediatricendocrinologist, an adult endocrinologist, and a health educator. During thesession, the speakers addressed numerous audience questions and correctedcommon misconceptions related to