Healthcare delivery

Closing this gap would benefit not only patients but also their families and healthcare systems while supporting the Gulf’s broader vision of compassionate, patient-centred care.

During the congress, specialists from the Moscow-based center presented research on head and neck imaging, the use of AI-powered diagnostic algorithms, and strategies for improving the quality of medical imaging examinations.

The latest accreditation marks another milestone for MTRH, which first earned KENAS accreditation in 2018 and has consistently maintained internationally accepted standards for laboratory testing and pathology services.

Developed through a partnership between Masdar City, M42, and Attentive Science, Biosphere Labs aims to address one of the biggest challenges facing researchers and biotechnology companies: access to high-quality laboratory infrastructure.

The collaboration follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and forms part of Saudi Arabia’s broader efforts to enhance preventive healthcare and improve outcomes for people living with chronic diseases.

The strategy aims to enhance national health security, create jobs, promote innovation, and improve access to quality and affordable healthcare commodities while reducing the country’s reliance on imports.

The healthcare package forms part of a broader set of cooperation agreements covering education, green industry, vocational training, and support for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Japan will channel the support through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

The agreement was formalized by Ali El Ghamrawy, Chairperson of the Egyptian Drug Authority, and James Peter Komie, Chairperson of the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone, in the presence of Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Egypt, Sadiq Sillah.

The new technology can complete blood screening within 20 to 35 minutes using advanced antigen-antibody detection methods, enabling clinicians to access safe blood more quickly for emergency and routine transfusions.