Digital Health in the Arab World
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Abu Dhabi wants your smartwatch data to count in the clinicOctober 21, 2026A new Future Health whitepaper, written with Deloitte, sets out a five-pillar framework and three-phase roadmap for bringing wearables into the emirate's health system
Zoom’s healthcare pitch deserves a closer look from Gulf health leadersOctober 21, 2026The video platform's industry and developer menu hints at where virtual care tools are heading, and what GCC buyers should ask before they sign
Seha Group bets on software and skills to fix Egypt’s insurance paperworkOctober 20, 2026A partnership with Chubb Life Egypt, a new training academy and an AI assistant show how one company wants to digitize medical insurance from the back office to the classroom
Toothpick and Paymob bring payments into the dental clinic dashboardOctober 20, 2026The UAE healthtech platform has partnered with the MENA fintech to give clinics one view of card payments, financing, BNPL and banking
A 43-year-old in Abu Dhabi no longer needs blood transfusionsOctober 20, 2026Yas Clinic and the Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center report that gene therapy has freed a thalassemia patient from a lifetime of regular transfusions
A reflux operation performed from a distance shows where Saudi surgery is headingOctober 20, 2026King Saud University Medical City completes its seventeenth remote robotic procedure, and the model is starting to look routine
Walk for Her turns 19 million steps into 1,900 free mammogramsOctober 20, 2026Aster's myAster app links daily activity to breast cancer screening across the UAE, and the early numbers show people are paying attention
A thyroid operation with no scar on the neck: the UAE performs its first robotic procedureOctober 20, 2026Surgeons at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City removed a 3-centimetre nodule through the armpits, and the patient went home the next day
Nabta Health lands PVP backing as it moves from R&D to sellingOctober 20, 2026The Abu Dhabi-based investor leads the second close of a $3 million pre-Series A round, with a board seat to match
Abu Dhabi looks east for its next health breakthroughsOctober 20, 2026The Department of Health has wrapped up its first life sciences mission to China, with a clear aim: get lab discoveries to patients faster
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