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The UAE Ministry of Health has announced the launch of the Health Education Guide for School Students under the patronage of Dr. Hussein Abdel-Rahman Al Rand, Undersecretary of the Ministry’s Health Assistant Sector - Health Centers and Clinics. This first-of-its-kind initiative in the UAE is a result of cooperation between the Primary Healthcare Department represented by the School health section and the Health Education and promotion Department.

The Ministry of Health, represented by the Committee on Continuing Medical Education in Dubai Medical District, hosted today (31 October, 2015) the “Seventh Symposium on Family Medicine” titled ‘Women’s Health in Primary Health Care.’ Sponsored by Bayer, the seminar at the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel Dubai on Airport Road will be organized for the benefit of primary healthcare physicians, nurses, pharmacists and technicians in Dubai and the Northern Emirates.

The Higher Committee for Registration of Complementary Medicine in Dubai headed by Dr. Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for the Ministry of Health’s Public Health Policy and Licensing Sector, recently conducted a meeting to discuss the adoption of 90 new complementary medicines that have been submitted for registration. Ministry officials and representatives from Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HAAD), Zayed Complex for Herbal Research and Traditional Medicine, Dubai Municipality and other specialized organizations attended the meeting.

The UAE Ministry of Health represented by its Health Clinics and Centers’ Health Education and Promotion Department, recently organized its third educational workshop in Sharjah forming part of the ‘Healthy Restaurant’ initiative which saw the participation of 15 restaurants. The workshop is one of the promotional activities of the initiative which was introduced earlier in other emirates. The first educational workshop was hosted in Ajman and gathered 15 restaurants participated, while 14 restaurants assembled for the second workshop in Fujairah.

A high-level delegation from the UAE Ministry of Health (MoH), led by His Excellency (H.E.) Abdul Rahman Al Owais, Minister of Health, successfully participated in the 2nd Meeting of the GCC Committee of Health Ministers, which was held last October 21, 2015 in Doha, Qatar. The meeting, which was chaired by Qatar Health Minister H.E. Abdullah Bin Khalid Al Qahtani, was held in the presence of H.E. Dr. Abdul Latif Bin Rashid Al Zayani, the Secretary General of the GCC for the Arab States of the Gulf and drew participation from the Health Ministers from GCC countries.

H.E. Dr. Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Policy and Licensing of the Ministry of Health and Vice Chairman of the Medical Licensing Committee, recently toured the Ministry’s various departments located in Cargo Village at Dubai Airports and Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) as well as the warehouse of Hellman Calipar Healthcare Logistics in JAFZA.