Healthcare | Wednesday 11 December, 2019 5:43 am

Arab Health to address the exacerbation of asthma in the MENA region as currently only 30% of people are treated in a controlled environment

Arab Health, the largest exhibition for healthcare and trade professionals in the MENA region, will address the growing prevalence of asthma in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as part of the 4th annual Emergency Medicine Conference, which takes place on the opening day of...

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Healthcare | Saturday 7 December, 2019 4:25 pm

Saudi Sports for All Federation stages Lifestyle Enhancement Conference for the first time in Saudi Arabia

 The Saudi Sports for All Federation (SFA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and in association with the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Weqaya), held the first-ever Lifestyle Enhancement Conference (LEC) in Riyadh. The LEC, focusing on the emerging science of...

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Healthcare | Thursday 5 December, 2019 1:33 am

Saudi Pharmaceutical Sector in Spotlight at Pharma Congress in Riyadh

The 5th MENA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Congress and Exhibition kicked off at the Voco Hotel, Riyadh. The three-day congress with the theme – ‘Improving pharmaceutical manufacturing through innovative strategies and knowledge’ – will discuss key innovations,...

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Healthcare | Sunday 1 December, 2019 3:33 am

MENA Pharmaceutical Market Surpasses Brazil, China

  Latest technologies and developments in pharmaceutical manufacturing will be on display, as the leading technology providers meet at the 5th MENA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Congress and Exhibition on December 3, 2019.   The three-day event will also set the stage for the...

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Healthcare | Monday 25 November, 2019 2:36 am

KSA Pharma Market Value to Reach SR 40.1bn by 2023

With population touching 30mn and state-of-the-art hospitals, both private and public, booming, the healthcare market in Saudi Arabia is expected to reach SR 51.2bn ($13.6bn) in 2020. As is the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, which will double local production capacities by...

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Healthcare | Sunday 24 November, 2019 12:18 pm

Bayt.com Reveals: 77% of MENA Residents Rank their Health as Good and Above

A new survey by Bayt.com, the Middle East's leading career site, and market research agency YouGov, revealed a variety of insights about the happiness and well-being of professionals across the region and their levels of satisfaction with work and home...

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Healthcare | Saturday 23 November, 2019 2:09 am

3,000 participants unite to celebrate survivors 
and remember lives affected by cancer at RFL 2019

The atmosphere at the athletic tracks of the American University of Sharjah (AUS) was truly awe-inspiring, as over 3,000 participants including 200 volunteers committed themselves to a 24-hour walkathon yesterday (Friday) at the second UAE edition of Relay For Life – the largest...

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Healthcare | Thursday 21 November, 2019 10:07 am

Saudi Arabia delivers ‘early warning’ on preterm births

Up to 60,000 babies are born prematurely every year in Saudi Arabia with hospitals in the Kingdom spending up to SR60,000 ($16,000) on individual treatment and specialized care, a leading pediatrician told Arab News. Dr. Sawsan Hussein Daffa, consultant neonatologist and head of pediatrics...

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Healthcare | Thursday 21 November, 2019 12:50 am

MEA clinical laboratory services market to top US$14 billion by 2023

Medlab Middle East, the MENA region’s largest medical laboratory exhibition and congress, which takes place from 3 – 6 February 2020 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, has revealed a 6% YoY increase in attendees to over 25,661 and more than US$152 million worth of business...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 19 November, 2019 2:09 pm

Saudi Ministry of Health Awarded Certificates for 5 "Healthy Cities" by the WHO

 Since 1998, Saudi Arabia has adopted the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Healthy Cities Program (HCP). Consequently, the country has registered 30 cities through multiple stages. Tremendous efforts were exerted, and to-date, five cities have been awarded...

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