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          The Gulf’s investment in global health is a contribution to regional stability

          CommentOctober 22, 2025
          The team observed the emergence of the three-dimensional hematoids under a microscope in the lab. Jitesh Neupane / University of Cambridge

          Breakthrough in understanding how blood disorders develop

          HealthOctober 13, 2025
          A malaria patient rests on a bed after being discharged in Kiryandongo, northwestern Uganda, on April 11, 2017. AFP

          The funds to stop diseases have been cut. Where does that leave global health?

          CommentSeptember 21, 2025
          The UAE has sent 30 tonnes of supplies, including emergency medicines, to Chad to help contain the outbreak of cholera. Photo: Wam

          UAE sends 30 tonnes of medical aid to Chad to combat cholera outbreak

          UAEAugust 23, 2025
          There are about 30 million babies born each year in areas of Africa that are high risk for malaria. Getty Images

          New malaria drug to treat babies and young children receives approval

          UAEJuly 08, 2025
          A trader with camels at a market in the village of A Thamama near Riyadh. Scientists believe the Mers coronavirus originates in camels. Reuters

          Diseases continue to cross species barrier as global bird flu cases double

          HealthMay 23, 2025
          Mosquitoes transmit malaria, which kills about 600,000 people a year globally.

          Mosquitoes in UAE becoming resistant to key insecticide

          UAEFebruary 10, 2025
          Volunteers will be deliberately infected with malaria to help scientists find the next breakthrough.

          Volunteers to be injected with malaria to study long-term effects

          HealthJanuary 22, 2025
          China is facing a surge in cases of human metapneumovirus. A spike in the northern provinces of China has led to a public health emergency. Reuters

          HMPV virus is spreading in China - should we be concerned?

          UAEJanuary 06, 2025
          Mosquitos are a carrier of the disease. Photo: CDC / Wikimedia Commons

          Hopes high new malaria vaccine will 'significantly reduce' deaths

          HealthDecember 11, 2024
          A mother comforts her child, diagnosed with pneumonia, at a hospital in Nanded, Maharashtra, India. An infectious disease, pneumonia is treatable, but continues to disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Reuters

          Pneumonia kills 800,000 children a year. This can be prevented

          OpinionNovember 12, 2024
          Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in a bid to reduce the risk of deadly infections in humans. EPA

          Breakthrough makes it faster and cheaper to develop 'safe' mosquitoes

          HealthNovember 06, 2024
          The UAE Pakistan Vaccination Assistance Programme has administered about 600 million doses of polio vaccine in Pakistan since 2014, protecting 102 million children. Wam

          Making World Polio Day a thing of the past

          EditorialOctober 24, 2024
          There are realistic grounds to believe that the mosquito-borne illness may, like smallpox, one day exist only in laboratories for medical study. EPA

          Egypt makes malaria history, but there's no room for complacency

          EditorialOctober 23, 2024
          Egypt has now joined the ranks of 44 countries that have eradicated the mosquito-borne infectious disease. Reuters

          Egypt declared malaria-free, eradicating disease that 'plagued pharaohs'

          MENAOctober 21, 2024
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          HealthOctober 15, 2024
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