Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Graduation joy for university’s students in Kuwait
THE University of Dundee is celebrating the graduation of its latest round of successful students — in Kuwait.
The university has been delivering postgraduate education in Kuwait for five years, helping tackle the country’s chronic diabetes problem, and a ceremony there has seen around 50 new graduates gain awards in Diabetes Care, Education and Management.
It has been estimated that up to one in four adults in Kuwait suffer from the disease, which equates to almost 700,000 people.
The University of Dundee has been central to establishing world-leading standards of diabetes research and treatment in Tayside.
The expertise which has underpinned that revolution in diabetes care is now being applied in Kuwait, in partnership with the Dasman Diabetes Institute and the Ministry of Health in Kuwait.
Around 200 graduates of the programme are now working to support the development of diabetes healthcare provision across Kuwait.
Professor Gary Mires, Dean of the School of Medicine at Dundee, said: “We are delighted to honour our newest graduates, who can go on to have a significant impact in clinical practice here in Kuwait and make a real difference for diabetes patients. Our Diabetes Care, Education and Management programme and the relationship between the Dasman Diabetes Institute and the University of Dundee started after professors Hilal Al Sayer and Kazem Behbehani in Kuwait identified a need to ensure the highest possible levels of diabetes healthcare.
“All of us working together — the Dasman Institute, the university, NHS Tayside and Kuwait’s ministry of health — has led to a unique programme integrating education, clinical improvement, management and research.”