Africa & Middle East

The premiere brought together respiratory and rheumatology specialists, including Dr Bassam Mahboub, Vice President of the Emirates Thoracic Society (ETS), and Dr Shamma Al Nokhatha, President of the Emirates Society for Rheumatology (ESR).

The regulations require anyone who knows or reasonably suspects that a person has Ebola, or has died from the disease, to notify a medical officer of health, the nearest health facility or a national government administrative officer immediately.

Under the new structure, the corporate identity will connect these operations without requiring individual facilities to abandon their existing brands.

The trials will advance the evaluation of the two candidates against the Bundibugyo virus, a species distinct from the Zaire Ebola virus targeted by the widely used Ervebo vaccine.

These initiatives trained 18,016 participants, bringing the cumulative number of healthcare professionals trained through the authority’s training centre to around 34,000.

The planned inpatient unit will have 25 beds for male patients and 25 for female patients.

The programme, introduced as a long-term pilot, will test whether financial incentives can encourage people to take practical steps to improve their health.

The partnership aims to simplify access to health services and encourage people to take a more proactive approach to their physical and mental wellbeing.

Roche will configure the LightCycler and MagNA Pure systems before local laboratory technicians receive training and deploy the equipment to Bunia for validation testing.

Through the partnership, startups will gain opportunities to work with Unilabs on technology integration, proof-of-concept projects, and commercial partnerships.