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From Egypt, the cradle of history and civilization, the land of Ancient Egyptians, who mastered knowledge in all aspects, including medical and even described diabetes in their papyrus thousands of years ago...
From Egypt the heart of the middle east, the dinder of the two great continents of Asia and Africa, and the land of Nile, the medic and Red sea...
On behalf of the Egyptian Diabetes Association, it gives me great pleasure and honor to invite you to The 6th Diabetes in Asia Conference attracting the greatest possible number of participants from all over the world.
Egypt will host The 6th diabetes in Asia Conference not only because of the growth number of enthusiastic professional in the field, but also because we possess state-of-art conference facilities and the requisite know-how and determination to stage this great event.
Egypt offers visitors the contrasts of East and West, balancing the romance of history with the promise of the future, the vast spaces of the desert with the lush greenery of the valley, and the majestic Nile river, the sparking water of the Mediterranean and the breath taking beauty of the Red Sea.
We assure you that we have the drive, determination and resource to make The 6th Diabetics in Asia Conference a successful event, and we have a firm commitment to follow an organization plan of action in accordance with a clear understanding of the mission and objective of Diabetes in Asia Conferences
Your Sincerely
Prof. Morsi Arab Chairman of Conference

The International Diabetes Federation Welcomes the 6th Diabetes in Asia Conference
The mission of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide with an estimate number of people with diabetes worldwide close to 200 million and projections indicating well over 300 million in 2005, the current diabetes epidemics is of great concern to those affected, their families and all the governments and social security systems.
This conference will contribute to a better understanding of the condition in two out of the seven IDF Regions, namely the East Mediterranean Middle East Region (EMME) and the South East Asia Region (SEA), and will contribute to identify solutions specific to these two Regions were the number of people affected is particularly high.
We welcome this 6th Diabetes in Asia Conference and invite you to come in number in
the beautiful Egypt
Pierre Lefebvre
President
International Diabetes Federation

I am delighted to know that the 6th diabetes in Asia conference will be held in Cairo, march 2006
This conference, like the preceding conferences, will further consolidate the partnership between the SEA and the EMME regions of the IDF. The large number of people with diabetes living in these regions makes this conference a vitality important forum for elevating the profile of diabetes and improving the delivery of diabetes care.
Health care provision in our part of the world has to be tailored to the specific needs of our population, and this was our mission when we hosted the first Diabetes in Asia conference in Karachi, Pakistan in 1999. I am sure that Professor Morsi Arab and his team will carry forward this endeavor with great success.
Prof. A. Samad Shere TI, SI, FRCP
Honorary President
International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
Director, WHO collaborating Center for Diabetes
Member, WHO International Expert Advisory Panel on Diabetes
National Coordinator for Diabetes Control
Secretary General, Diabetic Association of Pakistan

As the chairman of the SEA of the IDF, it gives me great pleasure to note that the EMME region is hosting the 6th Diabetes in Asia Conference in Cairo. The effort to present the problems of Diabetes in the two regions to the rest of the world communities is of paramount importance as we together account for the highest prevalence rates of Diabetes in the world. The SEA region will give its unstinted support to make this meeting a great success with a view to prevent the rapid increase of Diabetes and its complications.
Dr. Mahen Wijesuriya, MD(Crey), FRCP
(Lond), FCCP (Cey)
Chairman SEA Region-IDF
President-Diabetes Association of Sri Lanka