Dubai, UAE-- At least 15 patients from Gaza arrived in the UAE to receive medical treatment in the UAE's hospitals. The arrival of patients from Gaza is part of the initiative directed by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, to provide medical treatment for 1,000 children. The UAE...
PureHealth partners with Dell to use AI in disease detection, data analysis
Abu Dhabi, UAE--PureHealth has joined hands with Dell Technologies to utilise generative artificial intelligence (AI) across healthcare services including in early disease detection, medical data analysis and personalised treatment plans, further enhancing the health ecosystem in Abu Dhabi. The collaboration will harness the collective resources and technologies of both companies...
Israel deprives 400 Palestinian kids of life-saving treatment: Report
The report published on Wednesday by the UK-based organization Save the Children said that nearly 400 children in Gaza, at least two children per day, were denied permits to travel to the West Bank and receive critical treatment in the first six months of 2023.
Jordan, Iraq explore ways to enhance cooperation in drug addiction treatment
Amman -- Jordan's Minister of Health, Firas Hawari, met with the head and members of the Committee on Combating Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the Iraqi Parliament on Tuesday to discuss prospects for cooperation in training health staff on the treatment of drug addiction. During the meeting at the ministry,...Glaxo buys Bellus for US$2bn
Move after GSK demerged its consumer healthcare unit.
Johnson & Johnson loses key tuberculosis drug patent in India
New Delhi, India--India's Patent Office rejected on Thursday US pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson’s application to extend its patent on a key tuberculosis treatment, allowing local companies to make cheaper generic versions. India accounted for nearly 29 percent of 10.6 million tuberculosis cases worldwide, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO)...Egypt’s train derailment in north kills two and injuries 16
In the latest rail tragedy to hit Egypt, two people were killed and many more injured at Qalyub north of Cairo. According to the country's health ministry, the injured are in a stable condition. An earlier toll provided by the ministry said that one person died and 16 were wounded,...
WHO urges investment in neglected tropical diseases
The World Health Organization called for greater investment in combating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which left over 1.6 billion people, often in least-developed countries, requiring treatment in 2021. NTDs are a diverse group of conditions found mainly in tropical regions that include dengue, leprosy and rabies. The WHO said NTDs...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 to kill hundreds of thousands of mainly African children each year. It warned that the world was currently "off track" to reach its goal of reducing malaria cases and deaths...
UAE inks deal to make medications more affordable
The initiative will provide affordable medicines to uninsured and low-income expat patients or those whose insurance does not cover the cost of treatment of several diseases.
WHO approves two new Covid-19 treatments
The WHO's Covid-19 treatment recommendations are updated regularly based on new data from clinical trials.WHO advises against blood plasma treatment for Covid-19
The WHO has made a ‘strong recommendation’ against the use of blood plasma in people who do not have serious Covid-19 symptoms.
