Medical

DUBAI: Al Jalila Foundation, which leads the giving mission of Dubai Health, has signed a new agreement with Positive Zero, the Middle East’s leading provider of sustainable and decentralized power infrastructure, to drastically reduce its carbon emis…

Bangladesh, India and Thailand are examples of increasing smoking rates. Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Japan are achieving positive results using alternative tobacco products.

Together – In the context of combating diseases resu…

DUBAI: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has officially launched the National Newborn Screening Guidelines to standardise and enhance the medical examination procedures for newborns across the country, aligning them with international best…

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Centre (ADSCC) has performed 100 bone marrow transplants, also known as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, since the launch of its Abu Dhabi Bone Marrow Transplant Programme (AD-BMT).

As the first Centre of Excel…

GENEVA: Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Natio…

SHARJAH: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) and the Sharjah Supreme Council for Family Affairs, along with partners from the government, local, and private sectors, continued the heat exhaustion prevention campaign in Sharjah under the them…

DUBAI: Under the directives of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has launched a co…

Geneva – Ma’an – The World Health Organization announced that thousands of cholera cases were recorded during the month of June, and that at least 160 people died due to the disease.

According to the organization’s statement, infections and deaths we…