HEALTHCARE
November 14, 2018
Prasanth Manghat of NMC Healthcare Wins Arabian Business Achievement Award
Prasanth Manghat, CEO and Executive Director of NMC Health PLC, was honoured by Arabian Business, which presented him with an Achievement Award in recognition of his role in making NMC a global company and his contributions to the wider healthcare industry.
Prasanth"...
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Ghana: innovative animal health service start-up, CowTribe secures $300,000 to expand operation
Ghanaian startup, CowTribe, which sells vaccines and offers animal health services to breeders and farmers, has received $300,000 from Draper Richards Kaplan, an American foundation which funds early stage and high impact companies in Africa.
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Libya and Turkey sign cooperation agreement in health sector.
Libya and Turkey signed on Friday a cooperation agreement between the two ministries of health on the sidelines of the visit of the Presidential Council Head, Fayez Sarraj to Istanbul.
Sarraj"...
Read More >>November 13, 2018
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. 2,000 participants let their legs do the talking as they joined NMC’s Walkathon yesterday.
Organised by NMC Royal Medical Center, Ras Al Khaimah in association"...
Read More >>November 11, 2018
NMC Healthcare wins at this year’s Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Awards, Middle East
NMC Healthcare was awarded the prestigious Leveraged Finance Deal of the Year at Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Awards which took place last week.
Organised by GFC Group, Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Awards, Middle East,"...
Read More >>November 10, 2018
WHO dispatches medical team to Tawergha for treatment of leishmaniasis
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Libya has sent an emergency medical team to the city of Tawergha for treatment of leishmaniasis in the city.
'The WHO has deployed an emergency medical team comprising"...
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Health authorities confirm West Nile virus poses no threat to Libya
The Director of the Department of Monitoring, Investigation and Rapid Response at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Ramadan Osman said that the outbreak of 'West Nile virus' in Tunisia does not constitute a threat to Libya.
'The"...
Read More >>November 10, 2018
Team of specialists at Al Zahra Hospital get together to save the foot of a 42-year old Patient
Recently, a team of doctors at Al Zahra Hospital Sharjah were tasked with treating a 42-year-old patient; Ahmed Mansouri, name changed for confidentiality purpose, who was a long-term diabetic. The patient had developed severe infections in both feet. His left foot in particular had suffered"...
Read More >>November 8, 2018
Ecobank Academy launches programme to improve Africa’s health systems
Ecobank Academy, a corporate university of independent pan-African banking group in collaboration with Ecobank Foundation, has launched an innovative development programme aimed at improving Africa’s health systems through rigorous financial management, effective leadership development"...
Read More >>November 8, 2018
IOM delivers medical equipment to Health Ministry
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday that it had handed over vital medical equipment to Libya's health ministry to be distributed to 14 medical centres and hospitals across the country.
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