Ministry of Health & Prevention Announces Visiting Consultants’ Programme
Dubai: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) has announced the details of its Visiting Consultants Programme for the month of September 2019, to provide advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients.During September, more than 29 visiting consultants specialized...
Sixth Edition of ‘Health & Tourism 2019’ Campaign Concludes
Sharjah: The Health Promotion Department of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah, SCFA, concluded the activities and events of the 6th edition of the "Health & Tourism 2019" campaign, with a sports event held yesterday in collaboration with...
Ministry of Health Launches ‘Postpartum Acceleration’ Initiative
Dubai: The Government Accelerators team at the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP)has launched a new initiative to increase post-delivery follow-up visits to health facilities to 70%, especially in the first 6 weeks of delivery.The new initiative “Postpartum Acceleration”,...
Emirates, Al Baik and Google are the healthiest brands in MENA in 2019
DUBAI- The latest YouGov BrandIndex rankings reveal that Emirates, Al Baik and Google are the most popular brands in the Middle East. While Emirates tops YouGov BrandIndex’s annual brand health rankings for the UAE for the third year in...
Ministry of Health and Prevention Withdraws Medicine Batch in UAE
Dubai: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has issued a circular withdrawing batch No.0093 of the pharmaceutical product (Laxocodyl suppositories10mg) after finding a mistake on the outside label.The medicine label contained incorrect information citing that the drug is...
Financing and Technovation in Spotlight at Healthcare Summit in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI- Medical innovations and financing topics will take centre stage at the Middle East healthcare summit happening in Abu Dhabi this week.Held under the patronage of the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi on June 18-19 at the Jumeirah...
UAE Leads Pharmaceutical Sector Growth with $1bn Support for Healthcare Sector in 2019
DUBAI- The pharmaceutical sector in the MENA has witnessed tremendous growth over the last few years and is projected to reach around $60 billion by 2025. With governments in the region focusing more and more on the wellbeing of a...