The Podiatry Unit at Kuwait’s Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI) has completed a five-day training workshop for healthcare professionals, “The Prevention and Management of Diabetic Foot Complications”. The institute announced the course in September. It was designed to give clinicians practical clinical skills and patient-centred strategies to lower the risk of lower-limb complications in people with diabetes.
DDI has not published the workshop dates, the trainers or the full syllabus, though it released photographs from the course.
Dasman Diabetes Institute: a podiatry-led model in the Gulf
Dasman Diabetes Institute was established by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences and combines diabetes research, clinical care and training. It runs a dedicated Podiatry Clinic, which is still relatively rare in the Gulf. Across the region, most diabetic foot care is delivered by doctors and nurses rather than foot specialists.
Prevention in Kuwait is drawing wider attention. A letter titled “Diabetic foot ulcer prevention in Kuwait” appeared in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology in August 2026. Kuwait has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the region, which puts a large population at risk of foot ulcers and amputation.
Kuwaiti expertise is also reaching an international audience. Lujain Alasfour of Kuwait was scheduled to speak on the psychological impact on wound healing in people with diabetes-related foot ulcers in the MENA session of D-Foot International’s Healthy Steps webinar series on 15 November.
IMEA POD Perspective
Short, structured courses like this one matter in a region where few countries train podiatrists locally. Most foot care for people with diabetes in the Gulf depends on general practitioners, diabetes educators and nurses. Giving them practical skills in risk assessment, nail and callus care, offloading and early referral is one of the quickest ways to cut ulcers and amputations. A podiatry unit that teaches, as well as treats, multiplies its reach far beyond its own clinic.
We would like to see more detail shared, though. Publishing the curriculum, the competencies assessed and any follow-up on how trainees change practice would let other institutions in the Gulf, North Africa and South Asia adopt and adapt the course. Ideally it would be aligned with the forthcoming IWGDF 2027 guidelines. Dasman Diabetes Institute is welcome to share that with IMEA POD readers.
Read more: Saudi Arabia Launches Walk Safe National Diabetic Foot Programme and IWGDF 2027 Guidelines: What Foot Teams Should Expect Before The Hague.
Sources and further reading
- Dasman Diabetes Institute: DDI’s Podiatry Unit Completes Workshop on Diabetic Foot Complications (17 September 2026)
- Dasman Diabetes Institute: Podiatry Clinic
- The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: Diabetic foot ulcer prevention in Kuwait (letter, 2026)
- D-Foot International: Healthy Steps 2026