Health

Syria’s shattered health care system has been forgotten by the world at large, a top WHO official said, urging new, creative thinking to halt the exodus of medical staff abroad. Hanan Balkhy, the World Health Organization’s Eastern…
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The Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief is extending its training, food and health projects for vulnerable people in Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. In Taiz and the Hadramout governorate, the agency launched a life-skills…
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Volunteer medical staffers of Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief have been carrying out cardiac surgery and catheterization for children and adults at Prince Mohammed bin Salman Hospital in Aden, Yemen. The project began on May 4 and…
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The first Tabuk International Forum for Health Promotion concluded on Thursday at the King Salman Armed Forces Hospital in the northwest region, with the participation of more than 18 speakers from various medical fields and related…
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Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, as climate change continues to raise temperatures, the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring service and the World Meteorological Organization said on…
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The third Global Summit on Inherited Blood Disorders was held on Sunday in Riyadh, attended by 400 Saudi and international specialists, experts, researchers, health care providers, organizations and unions, Saudi Press Agency reported.…
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In collaboration with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, researchers at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah have identified a gene responsible for the reproduction of the most dangerous strain of…
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Saudi insurance firms saw a 22 percent increase in gross written premiums, totaling SR48.96 billion ($13.05 billion) for the nine months ending in September 2023, surpassing the previous year’s corresponding period. The latest data from…
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Thursday received a visit from her husband Prince William as she recovered in hospital from surgery that will prevent her from undertaking frontline royal duties for several months. Her father-in-law,…
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The WHO called for urgent action Friday to tackle the deepening health and humanitarian crises in Sudan and asked the international community to step up with financial aid. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health…
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