About AASD
Non-Governmental organization founded on 2006 as a leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information, advocacy and patient care. The Arabic Association for the Study of Diabetes and Metabolism AASD has a wide range of objectives and activities.
Objectives
- Public awareness programs and patient education with the aim of prevention and optimum management.
- Medical conferences intended to share knowledge and stimulate research.
- Postgraduate continuous medical education: AASD-CME.
- Newsletters for health care practitioner that is intended to increase knowledge about the standards of medical care in diabetes and associated cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
Patient Activity
- Patient education sessions.
- Diabetes prevention Campaigns for the objective of 1ry, 2ry and 3ry prevention.
- Early detection of diabetes and prediabetes.
- Patient services: Blood glucose and lipid testing, patient examination, providing glucometers and antidiabetic drugs for patients who can’ t afford treatment.