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Dr. Huda Abdul Raheem Bukhari, Chairperson of the Society for Microorganisms and Infectious Diseases in Dammam, announced that coordinated action is necessary to stop the country’s infectious diseases. “The common infectious diseases in the Kingdom include tuberculosis (TB), Maltese Fever, hepatitis, dengue fever, typhoid and malaria, in addition to some viral and bacterial diseases” Dr. [...]
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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, [...] Recently, the Ministry of Health in UAE announced that it is organizing a national tuberculosis guideline for all government, private sectors and semi-government settings in order to become a national reference when dealing with tuberculosis. The goal of the ministry is to maintain the country free of infectious diseases, for instance tuberculosis, through following [...] 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. [...] |
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