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DDI Participates an Awareness Event at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

DDI recently took part in an employee-focused event hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to commemorate World Mental Health Day.

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Infection Prevention & Control at DDI

At Dasman Diabetes Institute, we remain committed to promoting health and safety.Our staff attended an insightful lecture on Infection Prevention & Control,

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DDI Celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.At Dasman Diabetes Institute, we stand together to raise awareness, encourage early detection, and support every fighte

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Professor Jamie Felton Presents at DDI

Dasman Diabetes Institute hosted a scientific talk titled “Sharing Experience in Early Detection of Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes” by Professor Jamie Felton, Assis

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Dr. Faisal H. Al-Refaei Meets with H.E. Tara Scheurwater

Dr. Faisal Hamel Al-Refaei, Acting Director General of Dasman Diabetes Institute, met with H.E the Ambassador-designate of Canada to the State of Kuwait Tara Sc

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DDI Organizes a Workshop Titled 'The Prevention and Management of Diabetic Foot Complications'

The Dasman Diabetes Institute, in collaboration with the Primary Health Care at the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization, delivered an intensive

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DDI Granted Patent for Innovative OSA Diagnostics

A team of researchers from the Dasman Diabetes Institute, established by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) in collaboration with the

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DDI partners with the University of Oxford and the Gates Foundation

DDI is proud to announce its partnership with the Gates Foundation and the University of Oxford in the Summer Academy for the Social Science of Health Innovatio

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Interview with Dr. Anwar Ramadan on the Kuwait News Channel

Tune into an interview with Dr. Anwar Ramadan Mohammed, a Scientific Researcher at the Transitional Research Department, at 9:30am on the Kuwait Television News

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Naeema Alqabandi on DOC TALK!

Stay tuned to KTV 2 for Your Daily Show – DOC TALK! Tuesday & Wednesday, 19th & 20th August 2025 at 3:30p.m. Join our Senior Specialist Diabetes Educato

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Dr. Faisal Hamed Al-Refaei on 'Layali AlKuwait'

Tune into KTV1 tonight at 10 p.m. for an interview with Dr. Faisal Hamed Al-Refaei – Acting Director General of the Dasman Diabetes Institute.

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DDI's Summer Interns 2025 on 'Good Evening Kuwait'

Stay Tuned to KTV1’s ‘Good Evening Kuwait’ program tonight at 6p.m. for an interview with DDI Summer Interns Salem Al-Hubail and Afnan Al-Azmi

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Dr. Anwar Mohammad on KTV2's Hala Kuwait

KTV 2 Hala Kuwait hosts Dr. Anwar Mohammad، Senior Scientist, Translational Research at Dasman Diabetes Institute tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. to talk about his import

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Stay Tuned to The Breakfast Show 99.7RKFM

The Breakfast Show on Superstation 99.7 will host Danah Al Shumaimri, summer intern at Dasman Diabetes Institute, on Sunday 8a.m. to share her experience in the

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Dr. Anwar Mohammad on The Breakfast Show 99.7RKFM

The Breakfast Show on Superstation 99.7 will host Dr. Anwar Mohammad، Senior Scientist, Translational Research at DDI in an interesting interview about his rece

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Dr. Anwar Mohammed on 89.6FM

Stay Tuned to 89.5FM for an interview with Dr. Anwar Mohammed, a Senior Scientist in the Transitional Research Department at the Desman Diabetes Institute, for

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Dr. Faisal Hamed Al-Refaei on 88.8 360FM

Stay tuned for Dr. Faisal Hamed Al-Refaei, Acting Director General of Dasman Diabetes Institute, on 360FM’s ‘Dewaniyat Al Yaqout & Al AnsariR

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DDI Granted Patent for Innovative OSA Diagnostics

DDI Granted Patent for Innovative OSA Diagnostics

A team of researchers from the DDI, established by KFAS, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, has obtained a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the development of a new test used to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

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DDI Concludes 2025 Summer Training Program

DDI Concludes 2025 Summer Training Program

The Dasman Diabetes Institute organized its annual Scientific and Research Poster Day as part of the conclusion of its 2025 Summer Training Program.

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DDI Concludes its 1st International Dasman Diabetes Summit

DDI Concludes its 1st International Dasman Diabetes Summit

The 1st International Dasman Diabetes Summit (IDDS): Advanced Diabetes Care 2025 took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Kuwait from January 23-25, 2025 in the presence of H. E. the Minister of Health and Dr. Faisal Hamed Al Refaei, Acting Director General of Dasman Diabetes Institute.

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Dasman Diabetes Institute and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Sign MoU

Dasman Diabetes Institute and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Sign MoU

Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) on Tuesday November 26, 2024 .

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DDI Wins the Best Health App Award

DDI Wins the Best Health App Award

DDI won the Best Health Application Award in the State of Kuwait for the DasmanSwitch application during the 12th Arab Media Forum. DasmanSwitch was designed to increase health awareness and provide accessible health information for everyone.

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Learn more about Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic health condition that is characterized by high blood glucose levels.

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Our Achievements

Learn more about our Research Output, Collaborations, Patents, and more.

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Train at our facilities!

DDI aims to provide education and training to patients, caregivers, undergraduates, graduates, and medical professionals.

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