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Arab Health Exhibition and Congress ..... Middle East’s largest healthcare event.

Arab Health Exhibition set to open

DUBAI, January 25, 2015

Over 120,000 visitors from around the world are expected to visit the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress, the Middle East’s largest healthcare event and the second largest in the world, which will open in Dubai, UAE, tomorrow.

The event will take place from January 26 to 29, at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

In its landmark 40th year, the four-day event will bring 4,000 exhibitors together to showcase their latest products and services, with many companies represented in the 40 country pavilions, said a statement.  

One significant trend of the Arab Health event is leveraging healthcare technologies to address the most pressing public health needs.

The UAE’s leadership and private sector stakeholders recognise that there are obstacles that must be addressed to develop a world class healthcare industry in line with the UAE vision 2021, it added.

The increase of life expectancy, rise in the incidence of non-communicable diseases, shortage of trained healthcare workers and insurance penetration has become the primary concern for government and private sector entities alike.

The surging healthcare costs have led government agencies in the region to create an environment to strengthen public-private sector partnerships over the past years and this presents a variety of opportunities for healthcare organisations around the globe.

Marwan Abedin, CEO of Dubai Healthcare City, said: “The benefits of innovation are apparent in the healthcare sector; every year we see the introduction of new technologies that improve services provided to patients and the healthcare infrastructure as a whole.”

“Over the past years, our participation at Arab Health has demonstrated that the exhibition and congress are an ideal platform for stakeholder engagement and insight sharing, facilitating the flow of critical knowledge and materialising opportunities for global partnerships to achieve our goal of a world-class healthcare sector,” he added.

Simon Page, managing director of Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions, the organisers of Arab Health, said: “The Arab Health Exhibition has become the key regional and international platform for the healthcare industry and the increasing numbers of exhibitors, conference speakers and attending delegates serves as a testament to showcase the region’s leadership in all aspects of healthcare to a worldwide audience.”

This year, major delegations have come from China with 556 participating companies (10 per cent increase from 2014), Germany with 532 companies (22.5 per cent increase from last year), and UAE, with more than 353 companies exhibiting (24 per cent increase).

Running in parallel to Arab Health Exhibition, is the Arab Health Congress which will cover topics including big data, robotic surgery, paediatrics, cardiology and future surgery centre and, for the first time, the congress will host a dedicated Gulf hypertension conference. More than 11,000 delegates are expected to attend the 18 healthcare conferences over the next four days, it added. – TradeArabia News Service




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