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Health Care

Hearts of Service: 1,500 Children Volunteers Join Hands for Ramadan Iftar Drive in Sajja Labour Park with Dr. Knee

During the holy month of Ramadan 2025, the spirit of giving came alive in a remarkable initiative led by Let’s Walk Again with Dr. Knee—a social impact and health movement founded by renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Azam Badar Khan, firmly known as Dr. Knee. With the official approval and support of Emirates Red Crescent, the initiative brought together over 1,500 children volunteers to distribute 3,000 Iftar meal packs to laborers and workers at Sajja Labour Park, Sharjah, across all Fridays of the holy month.

At the heart of this movement were the young heroes—students lovingly referred to as “Children”—who dedicated their time, energy, and compassion to serving those in need. These student volunteers came from schools across the UAE, supported passionately by school leadership, staff, and their families.

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Education, Health Care, Technologies

Five ways AI is creating a healthier future

MBZUAI is leading a healthcare revolution, from fetal health to remote accessibility, and deeper diagnosis to home-based care

Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 7, 2025: As artificial intelligence continues to transform healthcare, developments in multimodal models could hold the key to improving maternal and newborn health — the core focus for World Health Day 2025 today, under the theme ‘Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures’.

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is helping to lead AI-driven improvements in medical imaging and ultrasound analysis that could drastically improve the prenatal and postnatal health of babies, though this is just the tip of the University’s efforts to revolutionize healthcare. From understanding human biology in greater detail than ever before to serving remote and illiterate communities, faculty, students, and researchers at MBZUAI are tackling some of the biggest challenges in healthcare today.

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Health Care

Medcare saves a 5-year-old girl from a watermelon-sized scalp tumour, one of the largest in the world

  • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and subsequent skin lesions affect approximately 50,000 people in the United States and one million people worldwide. Each year, around one out of every 6,000 children are born with the condition. [i]
  • The child’s scalp tumour was the largest (20cm × 10cm) described in medical literature. Scalp tumours measuring 6cm are regularly documented in the literature. [ii]

Dubai, UAE – April 7, 2025: Doctors from Medcare Hospital Al Safa, successfully operated on afive year old Arab girl with a 20cm x 10cm scalp tumor—the size of a watermelon—one of the largest in recent medical history, marking an exceptional medical milestone. The child had Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), a genetic condition that can cause the growth of benign skin lesions and consequent seizures. The tumour, the largest ever documented in medical literature, had a huge impact on the child’s life, causing her discomfort, hair loss, and social isolation.

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Health Care

World Health Day: PHRMAG celebrates 20 years of advancing healthcare innovation in the Gulf

Marking two decades of impact, collaboration, and commitment to patient-centric healthcare across the Gulf region, PHRMAG continues to drive innovation and excellence. 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 7, 2025: The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association Gulf (PHRMAG) is proud to commemorate its 20th anniversary, heralding two decades of fostering innovation, catalyzing policy discussion, and improving patient access to life-saving treatments across the Gulf. In keeping with the global spirit of World Health Day, this landmark moment underscores PHRMAG’s relentless efforts in instilling hope for the potential treatments and cures of the future.

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Health Care

PureHealth and SEHA Partner with the Authority of Social Contribution – Ma’an Open a New Dialysis Centre, Expanding Community Access to Critical Care in Abu Dhabi

  • In line with the UAE’s Year of Community, SEHA Abu Dhabi Dialysis Centresupports better health outcomes across the community
  • The centre provides greater access to essential care to Abu Dhabi residents

Abu Dhabi, UAE 29March2025 – The Authority of Social Contribution – Ma’an, the Government of Abu Dhabi’s official channel to receive social contributions through a unified platform, in partnership with PureHealth, the largest healthcare group in the Middle East, and its subsidiary SEHA, have announced the opening of SEHA Abu Dhabi Dialysis Centre.

The centre provides vital care for Abu Dhabi residents living with kidney failure, ensuring greater access to essential care and improving health outcomes across the community.

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