Dubai wraps up Healthcare Future Summit 2024

The Healthcare Future Summit concluded contiguous astatine the Dubai World Trade Centre, held nether the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council.

The acme featured cardinal planetary events, including the Dubai Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery Conference & Exhibition, the Annual Radiology Meeting, the International Family Medicine Conference & Exhibition, and the inaugural School Health Conference.

Focusing connected collaboration and knowledge-sharing crossed planetary wellness sectors, the acme reinforced the UAE’s relation arsenic a person successful healthcare innovation and development.

Recognised arsenic a landmark event, the acme promotes nationalist wellness advancements, peculiarly successful vaccination and infectious illness prevention.

This year, it attracted implicit 5,000 healthcare leaders, researchers, policymakers, and manufacture innovators who discussed the latest developments successful vaccine technology, immunisation practices, and infectious illness control.

Dr Ramadan Al Blooshi, Advisor to the Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority and Chairman of the Scientific Committee for the Summit, said, "The acme successfully brought unneurotic planetary wellness leaders to code vaccine advancements, immunisation practices, and pressing infectious illness challenges.”

He added that the summit's beardown attendance and high-level engagement helped make a imaginativeness for aboriginal infectious illness prevention.

The summit’s docket included discussions connected big vaccination programmes, highlighting the value of vaccines for diseases specified arsenic respiratory syncytial microorganism (RSV), shingles, influenza, and pneumonia, which airs heightened risks to seniors. The shingles vaccine, noted for its effectiveness for adults implicit 50, was emphasised arsenic captious successful protecting older populations.

Dr Farida Al Hosani, Chair of the World Health Organisation's PIP Advisory Group, commented, “Vaccination is indispensable passim adulthood. Adult vaccines prevention lives, forestall complications from chronic illnesses, and enactment a healthier society.”

She highlighted flu vaccination arsenic an effectual preventive measure, particularly for high-risk adults, to easiness the strain connected healthcare systems.

A cardinal taxable was the constitution of a broad big vaccination docket to trim vaccine-preventable diseases, alteration healthcare costs, and amended prime of life.

The Healthcare Future Summit besides addressed vaccination strategies arsenic portion of a proactive attack to managing wellness successful an ageing population. By advancing vaccine exertion and establishing regular big immunisation programmes, the acme supports nationalist wellness policies to trim infectious diseases among adults globally.

The School Health Conference, with implicit 400 attendees from 200 UAE schools, addressed immunisation challenges, aiming to foster wellness consciousness among students and parents.

Organised by the Dubai Health Authority, this league focused connected pupil health, intelligence wellness, nutrition, preventive care, and exigency preparedness successful schools. It provided strategies and tools for creating safe, supportive schoolhouse environments.

Dr Wafi Dawood, CEO of the Strategy and Planning Sector astatine the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), highlighted the relation of initiatives similar the Dubai Fitness Challenge successful encouraging carnal enactment for students and families.

Dawood noted that pupil wellbeing is integral to the Dubai Education 2033 (E33) Strategy, which emphasises a learner-centred attack from aboriginal acquisition to lifelong learning.

Preventive healthcare and aboriginal interventions for pupil wellness were cardinal topics, with discussions connected nutrition, intelligence health, accent management, hygiene, and situation effect protocols. The league besides addressed the interaction of exertion and societal media connected health, alongside strategies for students with chronic conditions oregon peculiar needs.

The Healthcare Future Summit featured information from 206 doctors and specialists crossed 184 technological sessions, sharing cognition and innovation. Over 112 exhibiting brands joined, further strengthening connections wrong the healthcare sector.

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