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UAEU Global Healthcare Conference in January to Discuss Urgent Research Agenda for Diabetes Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University, Global Health and the UAE Asia-Middle East Connections United Arab Emirates University is convening [...] A delegation of healthcare professionals from Turkey recently visited the Dubai Health Authority to discuss ways to boost cooperation in the medical sector. The delegation headed by Metin Cakmakci, Medical Director of the Anadolu Medical Centre in Turkey met with DHA members at the Dubai Hospital. The two parties discussed training opportunities as well as promoting medical [...] A prison healthcare reform program run throughout the country over the last three years has reviewed its efforts throughout 2009 and listed further improvements for the penal system. Hotel Dieu de France Hospital held a news conference on Tuesday to discuss the results of the 2009 campaign for medical examinations inside Lebanese prisons organized as [...] Egypt’s Ministry of Health has announced three more deaths from swine flu Monday, raising the death toll from the H1N1 virus to 94. The three cases were all female, the first a 16-year-old from Beheira, the second a 20-year-old from Dakhalia and the third a 26-year-old from Cairo. In the latest swine flu weekly update, the number [...] Jordan reported 16 new cases of the H1N1 – swine flu over the past week, raising the total number of infections in the Kingdom to 3049, according to Health Ministry weekly report. The ministry indicated that 24,000 citizens have been vaccinated against the pandemic so far. It also noted that the H1N1 | swine flu vaccination campaign [...] Under reporting by healthcare professionals of adverse drug reactions, often for fear of lawsuits and bad publicity, has moved health authorities in Abu Dhabi to involve the public in a system starting next year. It will be part of a drug safety monitoring programme of the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD). A senior health official [...] Abu Dhabi The Federal national Council (FNC) yesterday demanded that Emiratis across the country receive standard healthcare. The council said the disparity in healthcare provided to Emiratis especially in the Northern Emirates meant that many families do not receive the services they urgently need. The legislature recommended that health cards be issued by the Ministry of [...] After more than three months of summer vacation and the postponement of the first day of school for a whole month, students around Egypt headed to schools and universities on Saturday Oct. 4, only to face more school closures because of the global swine flu pandemic that had reached Egypt in June. Public schools and universities [...] Annual per capita expenditures on medical services in Jordan in 2007 stood at JD177.50, of which JD60.30 represents the cost of medicine, a Higher Health Council (HHC) report revealed Tuesday. Total healthcare expenditure in 2007 accounted for 9 per cent of the gross domestic product, or JD1.16 billion, according to the report. The public sector spent about [...] A rare and advanced surgery was conducted at KIMS Oman Hospital recently. Instead of the conventional open surgery requiring 6-7 inches in incision leaving behind painful scars, the above surgery was done with 3 small incisions. KIMS Oman Hospital has the state of the art equipment and highly skilled surgeon Dr Manzoor Ahmed Dar specialising in [...] |
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