Healthcare | Wednesday 18 May, 2016 2:53 am

The Second Annual Qatar International Medical Congress Begins Today

Building on the success of last year, Qatar International Medical Congress will be taking place from May 18 to May 20, 2016 at Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre. The event amplifies the technological potential in the region by bringing the foremost minds in medicine together to discuss...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 12:36 pm

Friends of Cancer Patients Invites Enterprises to Join its ‘I Deserve a Life’ Campaign

Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP) has called on companies and institutions to join its ‘I Deserve a Life’ campaign during the Holy Month of Ramadan. The humanitarian initiative from the Sharjah-based patient and family support group aims to collect alms (Zakat) from individuals and...

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Healthcare | Monday 16 May, 2016 7:38 am

YaSalam Restaurant Corroborates UAE Ministry’s Healthy Restaurant Initiative

YaSalam, a Bahrain-based restaurant chain that has created and launched healthy unique food concepts since 1987, supports UAE Ministry’s ‘healthy restaurant initiative’ to encourage restaurants to include healthy options in the menu.   Ministry has taken steps to...

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Healthcare | Monday 16 May, 2016 3:36 am

Julphar holds its 1st Adult Primary Care Academy

Julphar Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries initiated its first Adult Primary Care Academy meeting, which took place at the Park Hyatt hotel in Dubai on May 6th 2016. The Academy – accredited by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in partnership with the Emirates Family Medicine Society (EMA) –...

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Healthcare | Sunday 15 May, 2016 3:06 pm

GCC healthcare experts briefed on innovative technology that helps fight obesity

Innovations in medical technology along with healthy eating and regular exercise provide more effective solutions to abdominal obesity and associated risks   Experts in treating obesity organized in Dubai a workshop with the presence of physicians and specialists from the Gulf...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 10 May, 2016 3:18 pm

Medical insurers in the region are projecting significantly higher costs for 2016

The cost of employee health care benefits in the Middle East and Africa region is trending higher, driven largely by the higher cost of hospital and inpatient services, medical technology, and the overuse of services, according to a survey of medical insurers by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), ...

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Healthcare | Monday 9 May, 2016 4:11 pm

Dubai is hosting the second edition of the MENA Health insurance Congress

Dubai is hosting the second edition of the MENA Health insurance Congress and the third edition of the GCC Healthcare Innovation Congress  on 16-17 May in cooperation with the Executive Board of the Health Ministers for Gulf Cooperation Council and Maarefah. The congress will be held with...

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Healthcare | Monday 9 May, 2016 5:57 am

Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai Collaborates with The Big Heart Foundation

Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai and The Big Heart Foundation, an initiative of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bintMohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and UNHCR Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children, are working together to treat a three year old Syrian girl...

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Healthcare | Thursday 5 May, 2016 1:22 pm

Strategic Alliances Precede the Launch of Qatar International Medical Congress

Qatar International Medical Congress (QIMC) today announced Qatar Ministry of Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation and Primary Health Care Corporation as the strategic congress partners. Held under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 3 May, 2016 2:10 pm

Jawaher Al Qasimi Praises UAE’s Wise Leadership for Supporting Child Rights and Cancer Patients

  Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, has praised the UAE's wise leadership for ensuring the rights of children and supporting patients with cancer.   Her...

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