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The Ministry of Health in UAE announced that the medical fitness tests will no longer include tests for hepatitis and tuberculosis, except for workers. The date of the implementation of the new rule will be announced shortly. Only few categories will be still requested to undergo hepatitis and tuberculosis tests before gaining access to the UAE. [...] The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia announced that it is launching an anti-smoking campaign throughout the country during Ramadan. The announcement was made by Dr. Majed Al-Munif, supervisor general of the Tobacco Control Program at the ministry. He said “It’s a timely launch geared to reduce the smoking population in the Kingdom,” he added [...] UAE Ministry of Health stated that all pharmaceuticals and medicine companies registered at the Registration and Pharmaceutical Drugs Department will be required to appoint a pharmaceutical vigilance officer in their organizations. Dr. Amin Al Amiri, Executive Director for Medical Practices and Licenses at the UAE Ministry of Health the decision, explained that all the above mentioned [...] Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), H.E Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, and H.E Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali, Minister of Health, signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in providing and managing a program in Bachelor of Science in Nursing in three federal institutes of [...] UAE Ministry of Health is upgrading skills of medical experts in terms of diagnosing and reviewing malaria cases. Dr Mahmoud Fikri, executive director for health policies, pointed out that the World Health Organization had recognized the UAE as one of the countries that had effectively tackled the disease through continuous epidemiological investigation. Dr Fikri underlined the ministry’s [...] Malaria Awareness Week is being observed till April 23 in the Sultanate of Oman. Indigenous malaria has been eradicated totally by the ceaseless efforts of the Malaria Eradication Department of the Ministry of Health. Saif Salim Saif Al Jabery, Regional Incharge, Malaria Eradication Dept. who heads the programme in the North Batinah region, says that the [...] Red Crescent Authority and the Saudi Ministry of Health decided on a joint program to deal with emergencies in the Kingdom, on a talk held on Saturday between Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah and Saudi Red Crescent Authority President Prince Faisal bin Abdullah. Prince Faisal said the two parties had agreed to work on a common [...] H.E. Dr. Hanif Hassan, UAE Minister of Health, visited Rashid Center for Diabetes and Obesity in Ajman in preparation of its official opening next May. He was accompanied by Dr. Mahmood Fikri, Executive Director for Health Policies, Hamad Taryam Al Shamsi, Director of Ajman Medical Zone, Dr. Enas Kamel Loazi, Director of the Center and [...] The King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KAACST) and the Ministry of Health signed a strategic agreement to boost the pharmaceutical sector in the Kingdom. The agreement is meant to unify efforts and build bridges for the development and transfer of state-of-the-art technology. In terms of the agreement the research centers at Ainyia, Khafji and [...] UAE Minister of Health, HH Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali reviewed the AIDS National Combat Report that will be raised for the first time to the UN’s General Assembly in cooperation with various health authorities in the UAE. Hanif met with Dr. Mohammad Alam Al Deen, UN Designated Technical Coordinator to assist the member states on compiling [...] |
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