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Sidra appoints Dr Khalid Alyafei as CMIO
July 26, 2017
In his capacity as the CMIO, Dr Alyafei and his team will oversee the successful and safe integration of best practice healthcare technologies within the Sidra Outpatient Clinic as well as the main hospital. The integration will assist physicians to ensure they provide top quality and safe care to all patients coming to Sidra. This includes improving the efficiencies and the effectiveness of medical and IT services and their functions within a hospital environment.
Dr Alyafei will be in charge of implementing an extensive"...
Health, safety award for Msheireb Properties
July 25, 2017
Msheireb Properties has been recognised at the international Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Health and Safety Awards 2017, held at ExCeL London.
The RoSPA has awarded Msheireb Properties their Gold Award in recognition of the latter’s “fruitful efforts and for successfully managing occupational health and safety standards”, according to a press statement.
Msheireb Properties is Qatar’s leading sustainable real estate developer and a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation"...
PHCC screens 16,000 for breast and bowel cancers since 2015
July 25, 2017
The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) announced that it has so far screened around 16,000 people for breast and bowel cancer since the National Breast and Bowel Screening Programme ‘Screen for Life’ was launched in 2015.
PHCC in its ongoing efforts to promote the crucial work of the programme, is reminding people to take the initiative with their health by undergoing screening for breast or bowel cancer.
Now in its second year, the ‘Screen for Life’ programme has reached significant"...
Data Published in The Lancet Shows High Efficacy at 96 Weeks for First Investigational Two-Drug, Long-Acting Injectable HIV Regimen
July 24, 2017
- Long-term data from the Phase 2b LATTE-2 study demonstrated comparable antiviral activity to daily, oral 3-drug combination - - Data presented as an oral late breaker at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference, 23-26 July 2017, Paris, France - (ME NewsWire)-- Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical"...
Johnson & Johnson Announces Encouraging First-in-Human Clinical Data for Investigational HIV Preventive Vaccine
July 24, 2017
In Phase 1/2a APPROACH study, HIV-1 antibody response observed in all healthy volunteers Mosaic-based vaccine regimen is designed to elicit an immune response against a wide variety of HIV subtypes prevalent worldwide Positive clinical and preclinical results inform selection of lead mosaic HIV vaccine regimen for further evaluation in Phase 2b proof-of-concept study "...
People with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) reveal high burden of disease in new survey
July 24, 2017
• 61% of IPF patients are worried or extremely worried about experiencing an acute IPF exacerbation1 • Survey underlines the importance of appropriate support and coping mechanisms for patients living with IPF1 • Healthcare teams emphasise the need of a strong support network and multi-disciplinary care for people with IPF (...
The Paradise Foundation Launches First Overseas Conservation Program in Africa
July 22, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- The Paradise Foundation, a not-for-profit environmental conservation organization in China, announced its first overseas conservation program in Africa today. The announcement was made during the Foundation delegates’ visit to the continent, led by Jack Ma, Co-Chairman of The Paradise Foundation and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group. The Foundation, established in April 2015 by a"...
AHF KENYA, NACC, Nairobi City County and Partners Hosts Street Dance Competition: Base Yangu, Dunda Yangu Grand Finale!
July 21, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- AHF Kenya, in collaboration with NACC, Nairobi City County, and a host of partners will today light up Nairobi with the grand finale of Base Yangu, Dunda Yangu; under the theme “Street Dance With A Difference”. Base Yangu, Dunda Yangu translated as My Base, My Dance, is a street dance project which targets young people in three slum areas of Nairobi, namely, Mathare, Kibera and Mukuru. The program is part of AHF’s creative responses to address the disproportionately high spate of new HIV infections among young people, through the infusion of dance and open forum discussions that focus on HIV Prevention, Stigma reduction, HIV Care & Treatment, Sexual Reproductive health and TB. “In 2015, Young people accounted for about 51% of all new HIV infections in Kenya, with 35,776 young people getting infected with HIV each year. HIV Testing coverage for this......
Together for Safer Roads Names David Braunstein As President
July 20, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a coalition of global private sector companies, announced today that David Braunstein will join TSR as president on July 24. Braunstein is a seasoned business leader with deep global and emerging technologies experience within the private sector. “Safe roads are important to our families, communities and our businesses and TSR is more committed than"...
Ranch and Coast Plastic Surgery: Reductive Augmentation Results in Rounder Appearance After Breast Reduction
July 19, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- According to plastic surgeon Paul Chasan, MD, FACS, founder of Ranch and Coast Plastic Surgery in Del Mar, California, reductive augmentation is the best choice for women who want a higher and more round breast after breast reduction surgery. Although breast reduction surgery plays an invaluable role in the correction of macromastia, a condition where the breasts become overly large, it almost always results in breasts lacking upper pole fullness. Upper pole fullness refers to roundness and fullness of the upper part of the breast. “Historically, most breast reduction procedures are prone to bottoming out and lack upper pole fullness,” said Dr. Chasan. “Over the last 14 years, I have developed a one-stage technique for breast reduction combined with breast augmentation called reductive augmentation to solve the problem.” He added that for women who......
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