UN agencies warn of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths
Twenty weeks into Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies warned that food and safe water had...
Czech farmer cull 140,000 birds to halt spread of bird flu outbreak
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Kuwait commits $2.5 million to Lebanon via UNDP for waste management
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Rich-poor gap widening due to unequal vaccine access: IMF
Advanced nations have vaccinated nearly 40 percent of the population, compared to barely 11 percent in emerging markets and a...
Three-year exit ban for Saudis breaking Covid-19 travel rules
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Two die from Covid-19 as UAE reports 1,539 new cases
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Kuwait cancels plan to shut businesses from Tuesday
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Two out of three in Syria are food-insecure, says WFP
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Saudi Arabia to donate a million vaccine doses to Malaysia
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WHO chief hails Bahrain efforts to combat Covid-19
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SEHA introduces specialized Saturday clinics
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Jordan to vaccinate children and older citizens against Covid
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UN agencies warn of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths
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Abu Dhabi DoH names winners of Healthcare Research and Innovation Grant
ABU DHABI, UAE - The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), which regulates the healthcare sector in the emirate,...
- The grant, launched in September 2022, received over 70 complete submissions, and the top eight were awarded a monetary prize.
- The winners will have the opportunity to conduct clinical trials and commercialize their ideas.
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On the edge: Saudi workplace wellness needs overhaul
WHO says that globally an estimated 12 billion working days are lost every year to depression and anxiety at a...
- Preventing mental health conditions at work is about managing psychosocial risks in the workplace.
- WHO recommends employers do this by implementing organizational interventions that directly target working conditions and environments.
Syria’s Assad may consider more border crossings for quake aid: WHO
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with the Syrian president in Damascus on Sunday afternoon to discuss the...
- Concerns have been running particularly high for how aid might reach all those in need in Syria, which has been devastated by more than a decade of civil war
- The situation is particularly dire in the rebel-held area in the northwest, which cannot receive aid convoys without Damascus's authorisation