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Tweet Dubai, UAE: The way the healthcare industry accounts for its rising costs is a topic that has received much interest on a global scale. The USA today spends 17-19% of its GDP on healthcare while most countries in the OECD spend 8-9% and the GCC spend 3-4%. In the US, the government sponsored Medicaid and [...] Tweet Dubai, UAE: According to Zawya Project Monitor, existing healthcare infrastructure in the GCC is valued at more than $10.2 billion. Industry experts estimate that strengthening healthcare infrastructure in the GCC would boost overall expenditure as well as per capita spending through improved services at new facilities. GCC- wide plans for hospital infrastructure upgrade are enticing big [...] Qatar Hosts Launching of Gulf Federation of Manufacturers of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies 2>Tweet The medical issues of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Yemen will be patronized and regulated by the first union called The Gulf Federation of Manufacturers of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies launched in Doha. Qatar-based Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) was the organizer of the constituent meeting. Abdul-Aziz bin Hamad Al-Aqeel, [...] Tweet The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting’s (GOIC) Secretary General said yesterday that the pharmaceutical market in GCC countries and Yemen is growing rapidly and is predicted to reach around $10bn by 2020 from the current $6bn. During a meeting, Abdulaziz bin Hamad Al Ageel commented that locally manufactured pharmaceuticals are not able to meet the growing [...] Tweet The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) infections will be decreased to 1 case per 100,000 populations by 2015 as Oman plans. This plan comes according to a strategy agreed by the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states to work collectively towards eliminating the dreaded affliction. According to a key Health Ministry official supervising the country’s anti-TB effort, [...] Tweet A mobile clinic will be operating by the Saudi Diabetes and Endocrine Association (SDEA) in East Province next year to detect diabetes. “Worldwide people especially Arab countries are suffering from diabetes and its complications. Most suffering people are in Saudi Arabia” said Abdul Aziz Al-Turki, SDEA’s chairman. He also commented “During this year, the number of [...] Tweet A new law has been approved by UAE Health Council that a person can donate his organs like kidneys, liver, lungs or heart after his death to those who require it and are on waiting list of a donor, for registered patients. Tweet As GHI moves into its second phase of acquisitions, CEO Mark Adams calls for healthcare regulators to drive quality for a more patient-centered approach and increased public benefit. ” With a limited public health system in place and poor underlying health conditions, GCC regulators need to prioritise the needs of patients” said Adams. ”Quality versus cost [...] Tweet The “World Day for Safety and Health at Work”, will be held on April 28th under the theme “Emerging risks and new patterns of prevention in a changing world of work”. H.E. Dr. Tawfiq bin Ahmad Khoja, Director General of the Executive Board of Health Ministers’ Council for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States said in [...] Tweet Hamad Medical Corporation is hosting the first ever Middle East Metabolic Dieticians workshop on the 2nd and 3rd of April, at Hajar auditorium. Over 60 dieticians and physicians from GCC and other countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Jordon, Libya and Syria, along with experts from Germany, will discuss and deliberate on the latest developments in the [...] |
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