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Health in Middle East

  • Emirates Academy of Hospitality ranked among world’s top 10

    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 2017/09/08 The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM) has been named part the top ten best hospitality schools in the world by world education research firm Education.com. EAHM is a part of UAE-based luxury hotel giant Jumeirah Group, a member of Dubai Holding. The business management institution was ranked alongside nine elite hotel schools incl
  • Yemen: Saudi Arabia 'should fund all humanitarian aid'

    SAUDI ARABIA, 2017/09/05 Saudi Arabia alone should fund all steps to tackle widespread disease and hunger in war-torn Yemen, a top UN official has said. Comments by David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), were unusually forthright for such a high-ranking UN official in criticising one party in a conflict.
  • Erdogan: Fight against drug addiction one of Turkey’s priorities

    TURKEY, 2017/08/26 Fight against drug addiction is one of priorities for Turkey, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, Turkish media reported on August 25. He said that the youth is the next of Turkey. “Measures to combat drug dealers have been stepped up in Turkey in recent years,” Erdogan said.
  • Cholera epidemic reaches half million mark in war-torn Yemen

    YEMEN, 2017/08/15 The total number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen reached half a million mark since late April, the highest record since the world war II, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. In a press release, WHO as well said nearly 2,000 people died since the outbreak began to spread rapidly at the end of April. It said the suspected cases of the deadly waterborne disease continue to rage across the Arab country, infecting an estimated 5000 people per day. The spread of cholera has slowed significantly in some areas compared to peak levels but the disease is still spreading fast in additional recently affected districts, which are recording large numbers of the cases, said WHO.
  • Qatar focuses on preventive care in new national health strategy

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  • Big changes ahead for Saudi Arabia’s health care sector

    SAUDI ARABIA, 2017/04/16 Rising consumer request and an increased role for the private sector look set to drive expansion and open new doors for investors in Saudi Arabia’s health care industry. In its “2016 World Medical Trend Rates” statement, US-based consultancy Aon Hewitt predicts the Kingdom’s health care sector will grow at a compound annual increase rate of 12.3% through to 2020, reaching a price of $71.2bn. Last year the average net “trend rate” for the industry in Saudi Arabia rose by 9.5%, according to Aon, well above the MENA average of 5.3%.
  • Flu season: Ways for travelers to protect themselves from springtime bugs

    WORLD, 2017/03/05 Compared to recent years, the 2016-2017 flu season, presently at its peak, is shaping up to be relatively severe. In the US, the flu hospitalization rate was 29.4 per 100,000 people the week of Feb. 10, compared to a rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people during a comparable week in 2016, and pneumonia and mortality rates have presently passed epidemic thresholds. For those taking chance of off-season deals and Spring Break vacations to travel in March, this trend may be particularly alarming – next all, experts say crowded spaces, new germs, recirculated air, and jet lag can make travelers additional vulnerable to the flu.
  • MRIs to be in all public hospitals by 2018

    ISRAEL, 2016/11/02 The Finance Ministry had long opposed putting limitations on MRI scanner purchases by hospitals at their own expense. Mobile magnetic resonance instruments (MRIs) will be able to shuttle between medical institutions around the country to increase the accessibility to their medical scans, the Knesset Labor, Social Welfare and Health Committee decided on Monday. Contrary to the completed, there will be no time limitations requiring the vans to be located in specific places. The new rules are relevant to medical facilities that do not have permanent MRIs on the premises.
  • Israeli Researchers Decode Autism Genes

    ISRAEL, 2016/10/02 According to the Autism Society, the prevalence of autism in US children increased by 119.4 % from 2000 (1 in 150) to 2010 (1 in 68). This makes autism the fastest-growing developmental disability. In a new study, Israeli researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev say they have taken “a step closer” to considerate the genetic basis of autism, which they hope will lead to before diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Dr. Idan Menashe, Mr. Erez Tsur and Prof. Michael Friger studied the sequences of over 650 genes that are associated with autism and discovered characteristics that distinguish them from other genes in the genome. Their research was recently published in Behavior Genetics.
  • Israeli Researchers Make Breakthrough Discovery In Fight Against Breast Cancer

    ISRAEL, 2016/10/02 Each year, one in eight women worldwide is diagnosed with breast cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in women. Early detection, while increasingly common, is not sufficient to prevent metastasis, the lethal movement of cancerous cells from a primary tumor site to colonies in vital organs. But researchers across the world are frantically working on evolution in treating and curing the disease. One Israeli study has found that combining genetic therapy with chemotherapy delivered to the tumor is particularly effective in preventing the spread of breast cancer.