New Zealand healthcare technologies and solutions are set to make an impact at the upcoming Arab Health Congress, to be held from January 26 to 31, in Dubai.

Over the past 15 years, a number of players from the island country such as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Orion Health and Mercer Medical have been pathfinders in the Middle East market.

“The Middle East’s growing health sector is of great strategic importance to New Zealand companies and provides significant opportunities. New Zealand’s success in the region is growing because of our demonstrable ability to provide innovative solutions tailored to meet individual customer needs,” Wayne Mikkelsen, trade commissioner, NZTE Dubai.

A supporting seminar and reception organised by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), the country’s national economic development agency, will provide delegates with an opportunity to taste New Zealand’s culture and traditions, learn about the innovations emerging from the country’s healthcare sector and network with senior executives from New Zealand’s leading health technology companies.

“A 2006 international study by the New York Commonwealth Fund identified New Zealand as the most advanced in primary care health information technology,” stated Dr Shane Reti, international program director for the division of clinical informatics at Harvard Medical School.-TradeArabia News Service