The UAE has recorded significant progress in the 2026 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Nuclear Security Index, ranking fourth among 48 countries assessed for protecting nuclear facilities against sabotage.
The Global Health Exhibition (GHE) has announced global speakers joining its 2026 conference programme.
Saudi-based Almoosa Health Company has awarded a major contract worth SAR781.7 million ($207 million) to BEC Arabia for the execution of mechanical and electrical works for a key hospital project in Al Khobar, in the kingdom's Eastern Province. The entire project is likely to be completed in two years.
Imperial College London Diabetes & Endocrine Centre (ICLDEC), part of M42’s Outpatient Care division, is relocating its Zayed Sports City branch to a new centre in West Yas.
Red Sea Global (RSG), the developer behind regenerative tourism destinations The Red Sea and AMAALA, today inaugurated The Red Sea Hospital in strategic partnership with Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group (HMG), strengthening access to advanced healthcare for employees, residents, local communities and guests.
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) have extended their cooperation agreement to 2029, strengthening collaboration on carbon management, climate adaptation and sustainable finance, while building on Abu Dhabi’s legally mandated emissions monitoring framework.
Over 100 speakers and around 3,000 participants will take part in the fifth edition of the Healthcare Leaders Summit – Abu Dhabi 2026 from September 22 to 23.
The UAE Rare Disease Society has announced that it has successfully won the bid to host the International MPS Network (IMPSN) Conference in 2028.
The World Health Organization warned of a growing global shortage of healthcare workers, saying nearly one in four doctors across 122 countries is aged 55 or older and could retire within the next decade. The global health workforce shortage could reach 11.1 million by 2030.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that there are encouraging signs of declining Ebola transmission in some of the worst-affected areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with more than 1,700 patients having recovered.
