Record-breaking diabetes walkathon as more than 10,000 pace 5kms at Yas Marina Circuit
November 2009
More than 10,000 people joined the WALK UAE 2009 walkathon at the Yas Marina Circuit to raise the public awareness of diabetes, and broke a record to boot. The event organisers, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, confirmed that the five kilometre walk around the Yas Marina Circuit received the biggest turnout for the diabetes walkathon, up by more than 30 percent on last year.

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Yas Marina Circuit gets ready for the national diabetes event in Abu Dhabi, WALK UAE 2009
November 2009
The Yas Marina Circuit readies to host the third annual diabetes walkathon, WALK UAE 2009, under the patronage of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak. Organised by the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC), the initiative is in partnership with the Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy and Daman – the National Insurance Company.

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Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island to host diabetes walkathon
October 2009
More than 10,000 residents are expected to seize the opportunity to pace the YAS Marina Circuit track on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island in this year’s walk against diabetes, according to Dr Maha Taysir Barakat, Medical & Research Director and Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre. WALK UAE, now in its third year, is part of the award-winning public health awareness campaign, ‘Diabetes Knowledge Action’, organised by ICLDC, under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, and in partnership with Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy. Dr Barakat confirmed that the landmark circuit has offered itself as the venue for WALK UAE 2009 on November 20, 2009.

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