Joslin Overseer Khalid M. Kanoo, Managing Director of the Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Group of Companies and Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, initiated the alliance. Working with Alan Jacobson, M.D., Senior Vice President of Joslin's Strategic Initiatives Division, and Antoine Kaldany, M.D., Director of International Programs at Joslin, Mr. Kanoo helped develop the plans for the Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate Bahrain, and worked to secure the land, the funding and the Bahraini government approval for the project.
"Since the early 1990s, the Bahrain Ministry of Health's strategic plan has included a focus on diabetes treatment," said Mr. Kanoo. "This center will help Bahrain raise diabetes awareness and introduce cost-effective treatment strategies to prevent and treat this devastating chronic disease."
The Gulf Diabetes Specialist Center is an outpatient medical center specifically designed to provide diabetes prevention programs as well as multidisciplinary education and treatment for people with diabetes and their families.
Joslin has affiliated programs at more than 20 locations across the U.S. "As part of our mission of global education, Joslin has assisted organizations in the development of diabetes programs in other countries, such as Japan, Brazil and India," said Dr. Jacobson. "However, this is our first formal international affiliate. Our hope is that this is the first of many that will make a positive impact on populati
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Contact: Marge Dwyer
marjorie.dwyer@joslin.harvard.edu
617-732-2415
Joslin Diabetes Center
11-Dec-2003