DUBAI — The UNICEF has called upon the UAE media to play its role in sensitising fast food advertisers against providing wrong nutritional information and removing deep-rooted misconceptions on weight gain among children.
DUBAI — Pharmaceutical companies in the GCC have been given one year to change the packaging of medicine (syrups) bottles and make them
‘child friendly’.
DUBAI — All tobacco products will be tested and labelled as per GCC standards before being allowed in the UAE market from next year, according to a senior official from Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority (ESMA).
DUBAI - The Dubai Health Authority launched an extensive anti-tobacco campaign on Sunday, targeting women and children in particular, and announced an awareness programme to be conducted in five phases till May 31 next year.
DUBAI — Health officials have called for legislation making thalassemia
test compulsory for Grade 9 students and its inclusion in the curriculum
as a subject.
DUBAI - From next month, an SMS alert will take some of the pain out of the compulsory medical test process. And the new electronic procedure informing applicants that their fitness report is ready will eliminate the risk of malpractice.
DUBAI — The UAE is developing national food labelling and safety guidelines that will require all locally sold foodstuff to specify the nutritional value.
DUBAI — Humanity’s fundamental wealth lies in its diversity, according to Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of Unesco. And what better than cite the example of the UAE in this context?
DUBAI — In a major setback to the low-income group, the emirate’s compulsory health funding scheme has been pushed back by a year, according to the head of the Dubai Health
Authority (DHA).
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