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ABOUT AMSA-UPM DIABETES DAY 2024
The theme of AMSA UPM Diabetes Day: Safety First 2024 is Early Prevention and Early Intervention, motivating people from all over Malaysia to practise a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent diabetes without any restrictions and also to educate the masses to intervene in certain situations that could save lives. With that, the activities to be held this year focus on promoting the importance of health screening to ensure early diagnosis of diabetes and treatment of Type 2 Diabetes to reduce the risk of serious complications while increasing public knowledge on the risk of diabetes. With increasing levels of poor nutrition and physical inactivity among children in most countries, Type 2 Diabetes in childhood has the potential to become a global public health issue leading to serious health complications. It is also held to increase the level of public awareness about healthy lifestyle through proper exercise and diet as well as appropriate ways to prevent diabetes. Accordingly, several programs have been designed to fit that theme. Urban residents who mostly practise a sedentary lifestyle will be selected as the target of this program. In addition, AMSA UPM Diabetes Day: Safety First 2024 is also held to educate the masses on general first aid such as the proper way of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the case that a person suddenly faces cardiac arrest. This helps to promote early intervention that could make a difference between whether a person lives or otherwise.
Diabetes Charity Run is a walking and running event aiming to involve the public and UPM students. The fun run comprises four categories which are based on the distance covered by the participants which are 5km and 7km as well as their gender. All the participants will be included in a lucky draw session where they will have the chance to win some Grand Prizes. The lucky draw prizes will be given to these participants according to the categories and each participant will be only allowed to join one of the categories based on their abilities. To add to the excitement, this year AMSA Diabetes Day features a Health Exhibition which is an educational event that aims to promote health and wellness among the public. The exhibition will involve all the university students and public. Through this programme, the community, especially patients with diabetes, will be exposed to the correct information about diabetes ways to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Other than that, they will be able to learn general first aid that could allow them to intervene in a medical emergency and make a difference in a person’s life. Next in line is a Health Screening segment. The aim of this segment is to enlighten the public and students on their current health condition and to advise and assist them accordingly if needed. Overall, this one-week programme is introduced to give an opportunity to have a better understanding on health and to practise healthy lifestyles among the community.
This year, we are aiming to collaborate with the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (PBSM) for our health exhibition. Through all these events medical students can provide education and mental support to the community. In addition, AMSA UPM Diabetes Day: Safety First 2024 is conducted to encourage interaction between medical students and the surrounding community through this event. Medical students will also be exposed to and discuss in depth about health issues. The relationship among UPM medical faculty students can be nurtured through their involvement in this program.
Latest Update : Mon, 05 Feb 2024 (217530)