"Dubai has a huge diabetes problem," said Antoine Kaldany, M.D., Director of International Programs at Joslin. "According to the World Health Organization, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), of which the city-state of Dubai is part, has the second highest rate of diabetes in the world."
In fact, one in four citizens of the UAE has diabetes and approximately forty percent of the nation's health care budget is spent on the disease.
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