Digital Health in the Arab World
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Morocco makes it easier to report a bad reaction to a medicineNovember 11, 2026Two new platforms from the country's medicines agency aim to close long-standing gaps in post-market safety monitoring
Dubai Health teaches doctors to build gamesNovember 11, 2026A new 16-week bootcamp at MBRU, backed by the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation, asks medical trainees to design gamified solutions for real public health problems
Abu Dhabi freezes a nerve to calm MS spasticity, a first for the UAENovember 11, 2026Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi's cryoneurolysis procedure offers a new option for patients whose muscles will not relax
Cambridge Health Group and Heriot-Watt University join forces on rehabilitation researchNovember 11, 2026A three-year agreement aims to put academic evidence behind long-term and specialised care in the UAE
Khalifa University and Sanofi turn to the genome to understand asthma and COPD in the GulfNovember 11, 2026A new research agreement will search Emirati genetic data for clues to two of the region's most stubborn respiratory diseases
Abu Dhabi puts an AI assistant inside every physician’s patient recordNovember 11, 2026The Department of Health and M42's ADHDS have added an AI physician assistant to Malaffi, the emirate's health information exchange, and made it available to all doctors
ADCAN Pharma and M42 sign MoU to build up UAE drug manufacturing and clinical researchNovember 11, 2026The agreement pairs a pharmaceutical producer with one of the region's biggest AI and genomics health groups
A -40.00 diopter eye, and a case few hospitals would want to take onNovember 11, 2026Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi managed childhood glaucoma, Stickler syndrome and a fragile retina in one patient, through a multi-stage surgical journey
Vodafone Qatar and Digital Delmar team up to build connected healthcareNovember 11, 2026A new MoU signed at MWC Doha 2026 puts a telecom operator and a digital health specialist at the same table
A violin teacher’s two hernias, one keyhole operation in FujairahNovember 11, 2026Thumbay Hospital Fujairah performs its first balloon-assisted TEP repair, a sign that advanced surgery is moving beyond the UAE's big cities
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