Digital Health in the Arab World
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Qualcomm bets on “personal AI” for ears and hospitalsSeptember 23, 2026A new audio chip and a healthcare alliance signal Qualcomm's push beyond smartphones. Whether patients and clinicians will follow is an open question.
NYU Abu Dhabi scientists synthesize antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteriaSeptember 23, 2026A compound found in insect-infecting worms could open a new front in the fight against one of medicine's most dangerous pathogens
Bahrain moves to digitize government hospital records in partnership with stc bahrainSeptember 23, 2026A new project will convert paper-based patient files into searchable electronic records across the kingdom's public health system
Global Health Exhibition 2026 brings 500 speakers to Riyadh for its biggest edition yetSeptember 23, 2026With investors from SoftBank and Blackstone, surgeons from the NHS, and executives from GE HealthCare and GSK, October's event signals just how seriously the world is taking Saudi Arabia's healthcare ambitions
Qatar’s WISH summit puts longevity, AI, and health equity at the top of the agendaSeptember 23, 2026The 8th World Innovation Summit for Health comes to Doha in November with five themes designed to produce policy recommendations, not just conversations
Kuwait is quietly becoming one of the Gulf’s most serious players in surgical roboticsSeptember 23, 2026With remote surgery capabilities and AI-assisted procedures now in active use, Kuwait's hospitals are raising the bar for what public healthcare can deliver in the GCC
Surgeon.AI wants to give every trainee the education their postcode never couldSeptember 23, 2026A new AI platform from Professor Shafi Ahmed aims to personalise surgical training at scale, from medical school to consultant level
Ferry Health raises $9M to book doctor appointments so patients don’t have toSeptember 23, 2026The AI-powered patient assistant launches publicly after handling care coordination for over one million users
Apple quietly acquires brain-sensing startup Sonera in bid to read minds, without the surgerySeptember 23, 2026The deal could bring non-invasive neural control to Apple Watch and Vision Pro, with real implications for assistive technology across the Gulf
Ultrahuman connects wearable data to medical records in new health platform integrationSeptember 23, 2026The HealthEx PowerPlug brings together continuous biometric tracking and full patient history — and it raises a question worth asking across the GCC
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