The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organization dedicated to helping people in need worldwide, has announced US$266,250 funding for a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) clinic, that seeks to bring integrated health services to refugees and asylum seekers in Kenya’s Kakuma Camp located in the north-western county of Turkana. The project’s beneficiaries will […]Read More
H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of H.H. the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, on Tuesday inaugurated the 8th edition of “Sehati (My Health) Conference”, which is virtually organized by the Health Promotion Department (HPD). Held under the theme of “A Healthy Environment for Children & […]Read More
The Dubai Health Authority, DHA, has launched a new stand-alone laboratory, which provides several state-of-the-art diagnostic services. It is the only facility in Dubai and the Northern Emirates to provide testing for Tuberculosis, TB, and legionella. It was previously located in Rashid Hospital and now is located in Satwa and has increased its capacity and […]Read More
The Ministry of Health and Prevention, Abu Dhabi Health Authority and Dubai Health Authority have jointly launched an app named ALHOSN UAE for smart phones and devices. This new app, which can be downloaded on Android and IOS devices is free of cost, and will be an official digital platform for COVID-19 tests in the […]Read More
Surgeons at Abu Dhabi-based Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, SSMC, the UAE’s largest hospital for serious and complex care and a joint-venture partnership between Mayo Clinic and Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, SEHA, have performed a robot-assisted surgery, the first-of-its-kind for the integrated facility. The surgery was performed in conjunction with the launch of a comprehensive […]Read More
Humaid Al Qutami, the Director General of the Dubai Health Authority, DHA, has received Ian Halliday, Consul General of Australia to Dubai, and John Cavanagh, Deputy Consul General and Trade Commissioner for Middle East, Africa & Turkey for the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, or Austrade. The two sides discussed collaboration particularly in the field […]Read More
The Dubai Health Authority, DHA, and Facebook have announced that the DHA COVID-19 hotline service on WhatsApp has received 54,881 unique requests from the public between April and September. The automated chatbot application is a free 24/7 service which was developed to raise awareness among the public and provide them with accurate information about COVID-19 […]Read More
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has given US$ 5 million in new support to the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM Partnership), a global platform for coordinated action against malaria, over three years. The gesture is in line with […]Read More
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