With an aim to advance public health, pharmacists across UAE joined hands to develop one more layer of primary prevention by vaccinating people in community pharmacies, wherein a pharmacist-administered vaccination is being considered as a convenient and new gateway for the public to receive immunizations .Gulf Medical University’s College of Pharmacy with the support of Pfizer organized the Middle East Conference on Pharmacist-Administered Vaccination at Shangri-La Hotel Dubai. The event, which acted as a knowledge hub for pharmacy veterans, discussed the latest community pharmacy trends across the globe, highlighting the cost-effectiveness of the model and its role in boosting the healthcare economy.

In line with strategic objective of expanding the network of partner academic institutions, Thumbay Dental Hospital, the leading academic dental hospital in the Middle East region has entered into an agreement with Gaea Cynosure, one of the region’s leading continuing medical education (CME) provider. The MoU was signed between both the institutions at the Thumbay Medicity on January 12, 2023, represented by Dr. Danavanthi Bangera, Medical Director at Thumbay Dental Hospital and Veena Jacob, CEO & Managing Director, Gaea Cynosure in the presence of Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President, Thumbay Group, Akbar Moideen, Vice-President Healthcare Division, Thumbay Group and Dino George, Executive Director, Gaea Cynosure.

After imposition of restrictions for three years to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Saudi Arabia will not limit the number of pilgrims for this year's Haj, Tawfiq Al Rabiah, Minister of Haj and Umrah, has said.

With an aim to empower and support skilled Emiratis to build a career path in the healthcare and medical education sector, Thumbay Group has welcomed onboard 23 UAE nationals to their workforce. 

New Delhi: Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) has appointed K. Mohammed Haris, Managing Director of Mukka Sea Food Industries Pvt. Ltd, Mangaluru as Trade Commissioner for United Arab Emirates by consensus of the Member countries on Wednesday. He was appointed by Saad Al Dabbagh, Chairman at the head office based in Doha, Qatar.

Rome: Dubai ended its 30 per cent tax on alcohol sales in the sheikhdom on Sunday and made its required liquor licenses free to obtain, ending a long-standing source of revenue for its ruling family to apparently further boost its tourism to the emirate.

Dubai: An Indian driver in the UAE has won Dirhams 15 million (Rs 33 crore) as the grand prize in a weekly lottery.

Two 48-year-old men, one Indian and one Bangladeshi, have been ordered to pay a total of approximately Rs 90,018,436 (AED 400,000) for causing the death of two Saudi women in a road accident here in July.