Category: Health

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Dec2020
Doha, 24 Dec. 2020 (Qatar Tribune) WITH the first phase of Qatar’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign continuing at a rapid pace, community dignitaries and senior officials of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) took the jabs on Thursday, the second day of the immunization program, to instil vaccine confidence among the people. Qatari ... Read More
December 25, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui
By the United Nations

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Dec2020
Doha, 21 Dec. 2020 A number of countries have decided to close their borders and suspend commercial flights to check the spread of a new coronavirus strain first discovered in the United Kingdom. The identification of the highly infectious strain has caused chaos across the world, with many European and other countries ... Read More
December 21, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui
NHRC Meet

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Dec2020
Doha, 15 Dec. 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui The COVID-19 vaccine will be available for everyone in Qatar free of charge but will be optional and not mandatory for the general public, the Ministry of Public Health’s (MoPH) Mona Al Muslamani has said. She said Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will be carrying ... Read More
December 14, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui

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Nov2020
Doha SOSO Care and Ellen Medical Devices were awarded 2020 WISH cash award in Spark competition and WISH Innovation Booster Competition to  for its affordable dialysis machine, respectively. The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) announced the grand prize winners of its two latest Innovation Award competitions during the closing ceremony of ... Read More
November 22, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui

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Nov2020
Johns Hopkins Hospital Reports The first case of Covid-19 was reported in USA on 22nd January 2020, since then the country has reported 11,717, 953 cases, and 252,555 deaths as per Johns Hopkin report on Thursday 19 November 2020. BRAZI: The first case of COVID-19 in Brazil was reported 266 days ago ... Read More
November 19, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui

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Nov2020
Doha, 18 Nov. 2020 The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) 2020 is wrapping up its biennial event on Thursday, November 19, with a series of meetings and panel discussions,before announcing the Grand Prize winners of this year's innovation awards. The fifth edition of the summit, which was held virtually this year, ... Read More
November 18, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui
Dr. Anthony Fauci

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Nov2020
Doha, 18 Nov. 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the US, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, and also a world-renowned HIV/AIDS researcher, spoke at virtual WISH 2020 in a special interview with The BMJ’s Editor in Chief, Fiona ... Read More
November 18, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui

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Nov2020
Doha, 04 Nov 2020 This year’s Doha Healthcare Week (DHW), developed by the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), is taking place from Nov. 08-14,will draw attention towads  the need for greater public awareness of health challenges. In this regard, a series of webinar and professional development activities are planned, without ... Read More
November 4, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui
Barron is the first lady’s only child and the youngest child of the president Pic WSJ

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Oct2020
Washington (USA), 14 Oct. 2020 (The Wall Street Journal) Barron Trump, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump’s 14-year-old son, tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month and has since recovered, the first lady said Wednesday. In a rare personal essay posted on the White House website Wednesday titled “My personal experience ... Read More
October 14, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui

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Sep2020
Doha, 21 Sept. 2020 The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), Qatar Foundation’s global health initiative, has announced a strategic partnership with BMJ, one of the world's most prestigious and most cited general medical journals. Under the new partnership, WISH have worked with BMJ on three reports that will include peer-reviewed academic ... Read More
September 21, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui