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Community HealthIsrael, the West the vaccines inequality issue

March 31, 202111 min

Imagine this scenario: Concerned about Joe Biden’s Middle East policy and the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate war crimes in the West Bank and Gaza, Israel decides to get on everyone’s good side and announces that it will vaccinate the entire Palestinian population against Covid-19. Such a decision would be an instant public relations victory. But dream on. While Israel is among leaders in the world in inoculating its population, it has shown no inclination toward...

by Anna Pukas

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Community Health‘Tsunami of disinformation’ is biggest Covid challenge

March 30, 20217 min

One of the biggest challenges countries face in implementing vaccination is the 'tsunami of disinformation' from anti-vaxxers

by Alexa Mena

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Community Food SustainableAlkalime is designed to make you feel good

March 30, 20219 min

Alkalime, a new restaurant in the Mamsha development on Saadiyat Island, is all about the details. Everything in Alkalime is designed to make you feel good.

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Community HealthColon cancer screening after 40 is key

March 30, 20219 min

Colon cancer is both common and preventable and the best way to reduce the risk of getting it is to have a colonoscopy. That’s the thrust of a new colon cancer awareness campaign from Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. “What we really want for everyone to understand is that colorectal cancer can affect all of us. No one is protected,” explains Dr Ammar Kheir, a gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. “But the good news is, it...

by Anna Pukas

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Community HealthVaccines: ‘The priority now is to scale up operations’

March 30, 20217 min

Abu Dhabi is perfectly-placed to become a global hub for the production, storage and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to 3.5 billion people, industry leaders say.

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Community HealthUAE’s Hayat-Vax means ‘life’ in Arabic

March 29, 20213 min

The first Covid-19 vaccine to be produced in the Arab region will be called Hayat-Vax – and the assembly line is already rolling out two million doses per month. The joint venture between the UAE, the Chinese firm Sinopharm and the Abu Dhabi-based technology company G42 launched this week, producing the vaccine with its partner Julphar. The KIZAD-based plant will have three filling lines and five automated packaging lines and once it reaches production capacity,...

by Anna Pukas

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Community HealthIn the pandemic, ‘people think with their wallets’

March 29, 20216 min

A multinational survey of 70,000 people finds people obey public heath directives not because they fear catching the virus but because they fear getting into financial difficulties.

by Anna Pukas

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Community FitnessAiming for the Paralympics in kayaking

March 29, 202118 min

A rugby injury left special needs teacher Mike Ballard paralyzed from the waist down. But despite being the "wrong shape," he is now aiming for the Olympics, this time as a kayaker.

by Nadine Kamal

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Community MindfulnessDealing with grieving in a pandemic world

March 23, 202112 min

Many of us have experienced grief in the last year, losing parents, grandparents, children or other relatives or dear friends. Not all the lives that were lost were a direct outcome of the pandemic. Many deaths were a consequence of the pandemic – limitations caused by stringent hospital procedures, for example. What is truly concerning however, is that our social media feeds have turned into obituary columns, where we seem to appease our lack of human...

by Natalie Banks

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Community SustainableWorld Water Day: Water and our climate are inextricable

March 22, 202112 min

World Water Day has been held on March 22 every year since 1993 and focuses on the importance of fresh water and specifically on how water and climate change are inextricably linked. This global calendar day was launched as a campaign to educate, inspire and drive action for change, showing how sustainable practices will reduce floods, droughts, water scarcity and pollution, and will help fight climate change itself. You have no doubt come across the...

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Community HealthJuvenile diabetes diagnosis? What comes next

March 21, 202113 min

It’s no secret that we are in a health emergency that long pre-dates the current pandemic and directly affects 20 percent of the population: diabetes. With an equal number of pre-diabetics in the UAE, upwards of 40 percent of the UAE population either has, or is at risk of developing, diabetes. And that number is only set to grow. Despite its prevalence, diabetes is largely misunderstood, even by the majority of those who have the...

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