The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has expressed strong support for the UAE’s newly launched ‘Plant the Emirates’ programme that has been designed to significantly bolster agricultural development and enhance food security across the nation.
Zain Group, a leading provider of digital lifestyle communications in Middle East and Africa, has entered into a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership with ‘Be My Eyes’ to provide instant visual assistance for people who are blind or have low vision.
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), a global aluminium leader, kick-started its month-long breast cancer awareness campaign featuring a range of activities for its staff including health check-ups in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and private hospitals.
The ninth edition of Bahrain International Dental Conference saw 700 dental experts from within Bahrain and around the world take part discussing a broad range of issues in oral and dental medicine including implants, orthodontics and cosmetics.
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) increased its clean energy capacity to 31.5GW in 2023, generated more than 26,700GWh of clean energy and avoided 14 million tonnes of CO2e, up from 10 million tonnes the previous year.
Al Habtoor Grand Resort, Autograph Collection, a beachfront resort nestled along Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, has pledged to support a UAE-based medical research foundation this October in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the first mpox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) procedure, an important step in improving global access to mpox testing.
The 7th Global Health Exhibition will showcase numerous investment opportunities to over 1,000 investors and 60 startups when it gets underway from October 21–23 at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center in Malham, north of Riyadh.
The World Green Economy Summit (WGES) that was held recently in Dubai contributed to paving the way for COP29, which will be held in Azerbaijan in November, by facilitating co-operation among countries in the areas of sustainability and green economy.
The 26th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) specialised exhibitions for water, energy, green development, sustainability, decarbonisation sustainable cities, held recently in Dubai, saw the participation of 2,800 exhibitors.
