DUBAI, UAE - Dubai will host a two-day international conference during 15-16 October 2008 on learning disability among children with the objective of raising awareness about this crucial issue affecting thousands of children around the world and exploring how to help students succeed in secondary and post-secondary education.

The 2nd GCC Learning Disability Conference (LDC), organised by Dubai-based Ishara Consultants under the auspices of UAE Ministry of Education at Dubai Women's Association auditorium, is intended to produce a blueprint of action to help governments and educational institutions design curriculum, evolve interventional methods and build up training resources to address the problems of under-achievers.

DUBAI, UAE - As part of its continuing commitment to raise awareness and reduce the risks of Diabetes in the UAE, Ibn Battuta Mall announced the 2008 Unite for Diabetes campaign scheduled to take place from Monday 10 November 2008 to Saturday 15 November 2008.

The five day fund-raising campaign in support of World Diabetes Day is an exclusive initiative in the UAE launched in 2007 by Ibn Battuta Mall and is officially endorsed by the Ministry of Health.

Diabetes is widely regarded as a minor disease by the general population but is tagged a silent killer by the medical community.

Globally, every 10 seconds a person dies from diabetes-related causes and two more people develop diabetes.

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