Sidra Medicine, GlobeMed Qatar sign pact on medical services
DOHA, QATAR – Sidra Medicine and GlobeMed Qatar have signed an agreement to offer eligible insured members of payers contracted...
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Abu Dhabi to instal ‘state-of-the-art’ scanners to detect Covid-19
Abu Dhabi to instal advanced scanners to detect Covid-19, starting with entry points to the emirate The scanners will be...
Delta variant of Covid found in Kuwait, authorities warn citizens to take precautions
Kuwait says that many people in the country have contracted the Indian variant The country's health department is conducting...
Improve employee wellbeing to advance your bottom line: Gallup
Higher life evaluations, wellbeing are positively associated with productivity, innovation, and safety 84 percent of MENA employees are not...
Pandemic delivers major blow to well-being in MENA
Unemployment, negative emotions rose in MENA region during COVID-19 Employees in the region have reported the world's highest rates...
UAE medical device market to top $1.52 billion by 2025
According to the Q2 2021 Fitch Solutions Medical Device report, the market will benefit from an overall strong economic performance...
Post and present trauma time bomb hangs over Gaza
No university in the Gaza Strip offers a speciality in psychiatry The available mental health services can't keep up with...
LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital opens state-of-the-art ER
ER has embedded Medical Imaging Unit comprising a CT-Scan, Digital X-Ray, Ultrasound and Mobile Unit *Hospital authorities say unit opened...
Jabs for votes: Lebanon’s oligarchs turn to Covid bribery
Vaccine-for-vote system draws on practices that have seen leaders buy their way into the office Of the 900,000 people who...
Airline ‘travel pass’ app to go live in Mideast in weeks
Around 60,000 people have been registered to test the system Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways among the first to...
Most Emiratis believe opening live events only to vaccinated people will help curb Covid
After vaccination, residents most comfortable visiting beaches, parks Fewer people would like to attend weddings, live concerts or travel abroad...
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Antibiotics shortages hit nations as surging illnesses spur demand
Hospitals in many countries have come under pressure from a rising number of illnesses including what has been dubbed a...
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World Bank cuts China growth forecasts on Covid woes, property crisis
In a statement, the World Bank slashed its forecast to 2.7 percent from 4.3 percent predicted in June. It also...
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Climate change fuelling cholera surge, says WHO
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Climate change is fueling a global cholera upsurge, the WHO said Friday, warning the situation was compounded by...
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WHO urges malaria funding boost as deaths stay stubbornly high
The World Health Organization called for more funds to help overcome towering challenges in the battle against malaria, which continues...
- A report highlighted significant remaining challenges, including limited donor funding.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded several challenges facing efforts to battle malaria.
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WHO member states agree to develop draft of pandemic accord in early 2023
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Thursday agreed to develop the first draft of a...
- This zero draft of the pandemic accord, rooted in the WHO Constitution, will be discussed by member states in February 2023.
- The agreement by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, comprising WHO’s 194 member states, was a milestone in the global process to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EU gives US$131 million to WHO Universal Health Coverage Partnership
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission agreed on reinforcing a decade-long collaboration to accelerate...
- EU contribution will focus on strengthening health systems to make them more resilient and responsive to natural, climate or human-made disasters.
- The partnership with WHO is a key deliverable of the new EU Global Health Strategy adopted by the European Commission.