Health

The inspectors of the Abu Dhabi Municipality Public Health Division confiscated illegal substances from the markets, including pharmaceutical products and creams which are sold without any medical advice and are sold to consumers as skin whitening solutions or to remove acne, which affects the public safety. The municipality urges the …

The 9th UAE Diabetes Conference revealed that 9% of the health authorities budget in the country are spent on diabetes and that the number of people at risk of diabetes in the country is estimated at 960 thousand, compared with 840 thousand people who were diagnosed with it in 2018. …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, has announced the launching of a new e-service to submit complaints or observations against private medical facilities, its medical and technical staff, who are dealing with members of the society. The service aims to ensure that healthcare service providers fulfil their role in …

High Hopes Pediatric Therapy Centre in Dubai, in partnership with Al Jallilah Children’s Specialty Hospital and the UAE Genetic Diseases Association, have marked Rare Disease Day 2019 with a family event on Meraas Kite Beach, Dubai. The event was held under the patronage of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, …

A new phase I/II open-label, dose-escalation trial has recently tested the effectiveness of a “Trojan horse” drug in treating multiple types of otherwise treatment-resistant cancer in its late stages. Recently, a team of experts from The Institute of Cancer Research in London and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust — …

The move to create organ transplant registry closes crucial gap in health care, said the English language daily ‘Gulf News’. In its today’s editorial, the paper said: The launch of the deceased organ transplant digital registry in the UAE, announced at the Arab Health Forum that concluded on Thursday in …

Department of Health Abu Dhabi, DoH, has launched the Open Data Dashboards, which have been designed and developed as an online portal which will relay the Emirate’s most up-to-date health statistics in a visual and engaging manner. The new dashboard was launched on the sidelines of DoH’s participation at the …

Healthcare and trade professionals from more than 160 countries will descend upon Dubai on Monday, January 28th, for the opening of Arab Health Exhibition and Congress, the largest gathering of healthcare companies, technology, products and services in the Middle East. Following the success the 2018 edition, in which more than …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, has launched the first awareness and prevention campaign of 2019 for breast cancer screening, under the slogan ‘Scan Today, Not Tomorrow’. The campaign, which kicked-off on Sunday, will run to 24th January at Saqr Hospital in Ras Al Khaimah. Launched in collaboration between …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention has issued a circular to the directors of the medical sector, government and private hospitals, doctors, pharmacists, pharmacy assistants to withdraw the pharmaceutical product (JUSPRIN 81mg Tablet) produced by Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries. The ministry explained that it withdrew and suspended the registration of the said …