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Medical Articles
Year 2025 in Review: Performance or Accountability
Donor funds often remain fragmented, failing to strengthen primary care or community health. Consequently, many governments have extended paper coverage faster than ground-level capacity, creating queues instead of access. Out-of-pocket costs stay high for the most vulnerable, primary and mental health care are chronically underfunded, and workforce burnout is endemic. To close this budget-needs gap, we must enact three fundamental…
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WHX Labs 2026
25 Years of Laboratory Innovation: Uniting Communities for Better Health In February 2026, medical laboratories take centre stage in Dubai with World Health Expo Labs in Dubai from 10-13 February at the Dubai World Trade Centre. It is the region’s leading medical laboratory exhibition, bringing together the global lab community to discover cutting-edge diagnostics, technology and innovation. Alongside this event, World Health…
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Health News
Dr. Kamal Al-Gharibi, Chairman of the European Business Council for Africa and the Middle East
“We have agreements with Libya worth over $2 billion within the reconstruction framework” Following his participation in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos 2026, Dr. Kamal Al-Gharibi, Chairman of the European Business Council for Africa and the Middle East and the GKSD Group, affirmed that the world is witnessing significant economic challenges and changes that necessitate working to…
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Interview
Setting Global Benchmarks in Healthcare Quality: A Strategic Dialogue Between Statista and Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
In this exclusive interview, we bring together two leading voices shaping the future of healthcare quality and global benchmarking. Representing Statista and the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, which entered a long-term data partnership together, entailing the provision of validated healthcare quality indicators for Statista’s global rankings. The discussion explores how validated data, transparency, and international benchmarking are redefining…
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Health News
Pioneering Collaboration: Statista Signed Data Partnership with Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
Statista, one of the world’s leading Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) companies, has entered a long-term collaboration with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH). In this context, the DoH will provide validated healthcare quality indicators for Statista’s global ‘World’s Best Hospitals’ ranking, conducted in collaboration with Newsweek. The partnership marks the first time that Statista is entering into a formal data…
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Hospitals
Beyond Acute Care: Unlocking The Next Phase of Growth In Healthcare
By Wael K. Abdallah, Group CEO, Cambridge Health Group Across the Gulf, healthcare systems are expanding at unprecedented speed. New hospitals are opening, bed capacity is rising, and clinical capabilities are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with Governments and private providers alike investing heavily to deliver world-class care for a growing and ageing population. Yet amid this rapid expansion, some questions are…
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Medical Articles
Pharmaceutical Press shares the most common types of medication errors
What are medication errors? A medication error is defined as: Any preventable event that causes or leads to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is under the control of a health professional, patient or consumer.¹ Medication errors occur frequently in health systems around the world, and, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 50% of preventable…
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Medical Articles
A Different Kind of Leadership Address: How Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil Reframed Change Communication in Healthcare
As healthcare organizations grow larger, more complex, and increasingly system-driven, leadership communication often becomes layered, filtered, and distant. Against this backdrop, Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil, Chairman and CEO of Burjeel Holdings, delivered a leadership address that stood out not only for its scale, but for its intent. Held at Etihad Arena, the address brought together more than 8,500 employees from across…
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Medical Articles
Empowering people and systems is key to equitable care
Medical imaging is foundational to modern healthcare, supporting nearly 70% of clinical decisions, yet access to it remains deeply unequal. About 4.5 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, lack access to essential health services, and less than 10% of imaging equipment is found in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). These disparities can be attributed to underfunded systems,…
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Interview
Diala Atassi
Bridging Borders: The Future of Global Healthcare Alliances Diala Atassi is the Vice President of Global Alliances at Boston Children’s Hospital. She leads international partnerships and builds resilient, value-driven systems that bridge borders and disciplines. In this interview, we discuss her philosophy on leadership, the future of global healthcare collaborations, and how Boston Children’s maintains its nine-year legacy of excellence…
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