Middle East

Qatar and Dominican Republic review cooperation in health

Both discussed opportunities for further development.

World Bank OKs $250m for Türkiye’s public health emergency preparedness

The funding will support improvements in capacity to detect and respond to health crises.

American Hospital Dubai employs VisAR augmented reality in tumour resection

It enables real-time window levelling and 3D visualisation.

HMC Oncology and Lymphedema Physiotherapy Department moves to QRI

The relocation features separate, dedicated therapy areas for male and female patients.

Qatar shuts down two private healthcare units for licencing violations

Legal and administrative measures are being taken against the violators involved.

Qatar launches e-learning platform for healthcare practitioners

It offers 17 evidence-based educational modules with additional content planned.

Turkey’s medical tourism market to reach $3.48b by 2029

Inbound medical tourism currently dominates the outbound segment.

Dubai Health expands strategic partnerships for paediatric care

It will cover areas such as advanced systems development and data management.

Qatar’s medical device market to reach $298.6m by 2028

The sector will benefit from stronger hydrocarbon output and a rebound in investment.

DOH Abu Dhabi and Accenture ink MoU to drive digital health transformation

Both parties will apply advanced tools for data standardisation.

Qatar, Generation Amazing Foundation partner for health and development

They will jointly launch the ‘Qatar Healthy Cities: Sports for Health and Development’ programme.

Abu Dhabi signs MoU with Microsoft to leverage AI in healthcare

Both entities will extract critical insights from structured and unstructured health data.

Abu Dhabi’s DoH unveils Sahatna platform for proactive health mgmt

It incorporates AI-powered analytical and predictive technologies.

Burjeel Holdings unveils 11 PhysioTherabia centres in Saudi Arabia

This brings the group’s total number of centres to 28.

Qatar unveils certification programme in obesity mgmt and bariatric care​

It covers areas such as behavioural interventions and nutritional counselling.

Burjeel Holdings and Axiom Space ink MoU for space-based medical research

The partnership will study human body reactions in microgravity.