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According to “Anbaukum”, an online newspaper from Saudi Arabia, the kingdom has the third highest global rate of smokers between teenagers, the rate is 19.3%. “Anbaukum” mentioned that total number of smokers in Saudi Arabia is about 6 million individuals, which represents 21.6 % of the entire population of the country. The online paper said “Saudi [...] The Ministry of Health in Oman announced that it is currently working on huge health projects which will cost the country more than RO73 million. The announcement was made by the Minister of health, Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Obaid Al Saidi. The minister mentioned that the new project significantly improve the level of healthcare [...] A multi-disciplinary team at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) managed by Cleveland Clinic recently performed the first awake brain open surgery in the gulf region. The surgery included a removal of a tumor from the patient brain located near the brain cells responsible for vocalization and speech. SKMC is owned and operated by SEHA, the [...] The Supreme Council of Health has scotched rumours about the spread of a new pandemic known as Q-Fever. Q-Fever is a known infectious disease but it currently does not cause any concern worldwide, the SCHSCH said in a statement issued yesterday. “Recently some news has been circulating about the spread of a new pandemic known as [...] The Ministry of Education has said that it will not make swine flu vaccinations compulsory for primary school pupils despite the low turnout during the first week of the campaign. “There are no moves at the ministry to make it compulsory, neither are there at the Ministry of Health,” said the Education Ministry’s head of School [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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