KUWAIT: Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), one of the centers of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), announced the organization of the World Diabetes Day event next Tuesday at the Al-Hamra Mall and Tower in Kuwait City.

The director of public relations and media at the institute, Tarek Aleryan said on Sunday that the event includes awareness and recreational activities, examinations and medical consultations in an open day starting from 11 am to 8 pm. “The celebration includes conducting sugar tests and checking vital signs, in addition to providing medical instructions on healthy lifestyles and proper nutrition habits. The event will have programs for children also,” he added.

He explained that under the slogan “Empowering Global Health” for this year, which was announced by the International Diabetes Federation, Dasman Diabetes Institute continues its efforts to reduce the increasing prevalence of the disease in the country. The Institute is working hard to achieve this through research, prevention programs, training and education. Aleryan called on the community of all categories to attend the vent to provide necessary personal health information that would provide important means of prevention of the type two of the disease.

A team of doctors and specialists will be present at the venue to answer medical questions. He pointed out that the institute is keen to organize this event annually to shed light on diabetes, deliver an awareness message to the public, spread ways and skills of healthy lifestyle and reveal ways to prevent it.—KUNA