hm ad ▁Al - S ab ah , ▁the ▁late ▁Em ir ▁of ▁K uw ait , ▁put ▁forth ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁establish ing ▁a ▁di ab etes - f oc used ▁research ▁facility . ▁Following ▁this , ▁the ▁D DI ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁by ▁K uw ait ▁Foundation ▁for ▁the ▁Ad van cement ▁of ▁Sciences ▁and ▁was ▁inaugur ated ▁by ▁She ikh ▁Sab ah ▁Al - A hm ad ▁Al - J ab er ▁Al - S ab ah , ▁the ▁current ▁Em ir ▁of ▁K uw ait . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁medical ▁frat ern ity , ▁the ▁country ▁is ▁facing ▁chron ic ▁dise ases ▁like ▁di ab etes , ▁which ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁case ▁earlier . ▁And , ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁fifteen ▁years ▁the ▁rise ▁in ▁the ▁cases ▁of ▁di ab etes ▁is ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁change ▁in ▁l ifest yles . ▁So , ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁it , ▁D DI ▁was ▁established . ▁For ▁tack ling ▁di ab etes ▁at ▁the ▁grass ro ots ▁level , ▁D DI ▁in ▁partners hip ▁with ▁Blue ▁Circle , ▁a ▁volunt ary ▁organization ▁- ▁provides ▁blood ▁gl uc ose ▁mon itors ▁and ▁its ▁consum ables ▁at ▁extremely ▁low ▁prices ▁for ▁di ab etes ▁patients ▁across ▁K uw ait . ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁D DI ▁received ▁official ▁acc red itation ▁and ▁recognition ▁as ▁a ▁Refer encing ▁Coll abor ating ▁Center ▁for ▁di ab etes ▁m ell it us ▁in ▁G CC ▁countries . ▁ ▁Research