The World Diabetes Day annual celebration at Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) featured special guests, music, clowns, a healthy lunch and debke dancing. The day centered around children from the West Bank diagnosed with type 1 diabetes who are treated at the AVH Diabetes Center.
The annual activities, marked this year on Friday, 18 November, at AVH, were part of a larger program with festivities throughout the West Bank. Mr. Daniel Rubinstein, U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem, brought greetings to the participants in the event, which was supported by the U.S. Department of State. Two children delivered greetings to Presidents Obama and Abbas and asked for continued U.S. support to the Palestinian Authority health sector in general and to children with diabetes in particular.
