GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday that it has prequalified the first self-test for the hepatitis C virus (HCV), thus accelerating efforts towards elimination of the viral infection.
Hepatitis C attacks the liver and c…
ABU DHABI: In a groundbreaking medical achievement, the first paediatric liver transplant in the UAE has been performed on a four-year-old girl, marking the first living donor paediatric liver transplant in the country.
This milestone surgery carried…
KUWAIT, Kuwaiti Minister of Health Ahmad Al-Awadhi has approved the price cuts of 209 drugs and products in the private health sector only as part of the ministry’s periodical medicine price review.
The move, which involves the price reduction of dia…
ABU DHABI: PureHealth has partnered with the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC) to enhance mental health initiatives across Abu Dhabi. The collaboration supports efforts to create a unified vision for mental health that prioritises mo…
Riyadh: The Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Center located in the Seiyun district of Yemen’s Hadhramaut governorate provided its various medical services in May to 237 Yemenis who lost limbs, with the support of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Rel…
DUBAI: Al Qassimi Hospital in Sharjah, a flagship healthcare facility of Emirates Health Services (EHS), has taken a pioneering step in advancing medical training in interventional cardiology. The hospital proudly announces the acquisition of the late…
KUWAIT, Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi announced Tuesday the formation of a technical committee in prepare for establishing a center specialized in treating multiple sclerosis (MS) within the Al-Sabah Medical District, which should include a s…
ABU DHABI: The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pfizer Gulf FZ LLC, a global pharmaceutical company during BIO 2024 International Convention….
