A 100 per cent excise tax on tobacco and tobacco products, as well as electronic smoking devices and liquids comes into effect this year
Author: Aarti Nagraj
Dubai Healthcare City launches new licence to allow GPs to conduct cosmetic surgery
Previously, cosmetic procedures could only be conducted by plastic surgeons and dermatologists, and/or supervised GPs
Watch: UAE workers struggling with stress – Cigna survey
A new survey says long working hours and wellness programmes that don’t address mental and emotional wellbeing are serious concerns for workers in the UAE
UAE healthcare: How clinics can survive the crowded market
A partnership model can help clinics achieve profits via economies of scale and cost-sharing
UAE to introduce colour-coded food labels to promote healthy eating
The nationwide policy will become mandatory by 2022
UAE cabinet approves policy to categorise food products on nutritional value
Food products will be categorised as one of three colours – red, yellow and green, to clearly distinguish their nutritional values
UAE’s First Abu Dhabi Bank denies Qatar’s allegations
The bank announced in June that it would be closing its sole branch in Qatar
Dubai’s DHA says ‘on track’ to attract 500,000 medical tourists by 2021
The top three specialties for medical tourists in Dubai last year were dentistry, orthopaedics and dermatology
Two groups, one backed by China’s Fosun, bid for stake in UAE’s NMC Health
The deal shows the growing interest of Chinese companies in the Middle East
How the GCC can be ready for the personalised medicine wave of the future
Personalised medicine can have significant health and financial impacts in the region
Four ways to market your healthcare clinic in the UAE
Paid promotions are just a small part of the overall marketing mix
Three tech innovations that are transforming UAE healthcare
From AR to smart devices, the local healthcare market is seeing a boom in new technologies
All Dubai restaurants will soon have to display calorie content on menus
All food establishments in the emirate will have to adhere to the ruling by January 2020
Three key strategies to overcome healthcare staffing issues in UAE clinics
A combination of cultural factors, competition and an oversaturated market presents multiple problems for providers
Pharma partnership aims to accelerate supply of medicines to UAE market
Multinational firm GlaxoSmithKline has teamed up with UAE-based Neopharma in a bid to speed up supply
GCC healthcare: Putting patients at the heart of the industry
The region’s healthcare industry is seeing major developments in technology as well as changing patient needs
Kuwait further hikes healthcare fees for expats
The measure seeks to ease congestion at public hospitals, the health ministry said
The shift towards personalised healthcare in the UAE
Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in the UAE, on the multiple benefits of personalised care
Dubai Healthcare City cuts fees to attract investment
Start-up and operating fees for healthcare, commercial, research and educational entities in the freezone have been reduced
UAE-based healthcare group Avivo eyes MENA expansion
The group currently operates two hospitals and 29 clinics in the region
Four UAE healthcare trends that will affect you in 2019
New technologies in the healthcare industry could help companies health insurance premiums under control
UAE bans import of birds, poultry from Kuwait following bird flu outbreak
Only thermally-treated poultry products (meat and eggs) have been cleared for import from Kuwait
Two people die of MERS in Oman
Oman’s health ministry announced last week that five new cases of MERS had been detected in the country
Four ways to keep your employees healthy this flu season in the UAE
Doctors in the UAE say the current flu season is one of the worst in recent years
