Asma Ali Zain

DUBAI - Students prone to using tobacco as a stress reliever will be taught by their peers about the dangers of tobacco use under a new initiative launched by the Dubai Health Authority.

DUBAI - The health ministry’s National Breast Screening Programme needs more local expertise to meet its expansion goals.

MV Iceberg 1, a ship owned by a Dubai-based company, has been released by Somali pirates after nearly 19 months.

DUBAI - An estimated two million residents will be covered by mandatory private health insurance under an upcoming insurance law for the Emirate of Dubai, according to a senior health official.

DUBAI - Dubai is heading towards private health insurance for all residents that will be governed by an insurance law, according to a senior health official.

An estimated two million residents will be covered by mandatory private health insurance under an upcoming insurance law for the Emirate of Dubai, according to a senior official.

The most expensive services under Enaya, the luxury health insurance package that covers 90,000 government employees in Dubai, are being reviewed, said Mona Ali Sultan, Assistant Director, Health Funding Department. The change is expected to be implemented next year.

Dubai is heading towards private health insurance for all residents that will be governed by an insurance law, according to a senior health official.

DUBAI - Expatriate smokers could soon be offered free treatment at smoking cessation clinics operating under the Ministry of Health in a long-term plan that hopes to save millions for the government exchequer.

DUBAI - Construction of the second phase of Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital, the only children’s speciality hospital in the UAE, has begun and is expected to be completed in two years.