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The Saudi Press Agency said the ninth Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh is scheduled for 26–29 October. Agreements signed at last year’s event were valued at more than SAR133 billion; that figure does not describe the 2026 edition.
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The ninth Emirates Family Medicine Society Congress opened in Abu Dhabi on 8 October 2026, bringing together approximately 1,200 physicians and healthcare professionals and medical experts from 30 countries. The Emirates Family Medicine Society, part of the Emirates Medical Association, scheduled the three-day meeting for 8–10 October.
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At a briefing on 8 October 2026, Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health outlined anticipatory health as a focus for the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit, scheduled for 20–22 October under the theme “To Sense is to Predict”. The initiative links genomics, precision medicine and artificial intelligence with earlier identification of health risks.
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Rimal Mousa received ISPOR’s 2026 Health Economics Outcomes Research Excellence Award for low- and middle-income countries.
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The new programme aims to connect Scottish firms with US investors, health networks and commercial partners, with £49,000 contributed by each government.
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Egypt’s Healthcare Authority reported 6.767 million enrolled beneficiaries and 94.22 million medical services in the first half of fiscal 2025/26. Its report listed 335 therapeutic facilities.
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According to an 8 October UNICEF report, 202 of the 350 schools targeted in Ituri had received Ebola infection-control and water-and-hygiene kits. Teacher training is continuing.
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Scotland’s 2026 winter health plan includes expanded Hospital at Home services expected to benefit more than 10,000 patients, a Home First approach and targeted waiting-list funding.
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More than 40 million children in eight Eastern and Southern African countries are expected to face unusually wet or dry conditions between October and December 2026 linked to El Niño, UNICEF said in an analysis released on 1 September. The agency said the outlook raises the risk of floods and drought.
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Norway’s 2027 budget introduces a first competence-budget chapter prioritising health, science and technology education for workforce planning, alongside proposed new study places.
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HMC and the Qatar Precision Health Institute have expanded biobank services to include storage and management of freshly resected tissue. HMC reported first-phase inventory and application figures and said clinical and research pathways will remain separate, with research continuing under ethics review.
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The DRC government opened consultations and information sessions in Kinshasa on implementing mandatory health insurance. The discussions concern the process for public employees and workers covered by the labour code.
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