Dubai: Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) ‘Doctor for Every Citizen’ telemedicine service benefited more than 88,000 customers in 2020. This service was launched by DHA in 2019 to achieve Article Five of the Fifty-Year Charter, in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
The free 24x7 service provides the public with reliable and approved medical consultations through direct visual and audio communication between the customer and the doctor.
Effective service during peak of COVID-19
Dr Alia Mohammad Rafie, consultant, family physician and acting director of Specialised Programme Services Department at DHA’s Primary Health Care Sector, stressed the importance of the service, especially during the current unprecedented times globally due to COVID-19. She said that this service was in line with the efforts made by the authorities concerned in UAE to implement precautionary meas
Dubai: A series of virtual forums was launched by Dubai Health Authority (DHA) this week, in line with the UAE’s Innovation Month (UAE Innovates 2021).
Awadh Al Ketbi, the DHA Director-General, emphasised on the importance of fostering and promoting a culture of innovation, particularly in the health sector. He added: “Leveraging focus on research, new technologies, innovation and data analytics has a huge potential to advance health care to benefit both health-care providers and patients.”
He noted the DHA will continue to focus on health-care innovation to further advance the health sector and provide patient-centred care. Senior DHA officials, including Dr Alawi Alsheikh Ali, Deputy Director-General, and Dr Mohammed Al Redha, Director of Project Management Office, Informatics and Smart Health, attended the virtual forum.
Vaccination
With the UAE now offering Covid-19 vaccinations across the country, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has urged those who plan to travel to take advice from their healthcare provider before taking a dose.
“In terms of the Covid-19 vaccine, people who intend to travel should first seek their healthcare provider’s advice so that they can assess their medical condition, allergies if any, pre-existing health conditions and accordingly seek advice with regard to the vaccine,” official news agency WAM quoted Dr. Alia Mohammad Al Dallal, consultant family physician and acting director of Specialised Programme Services Department at DHA as saying.
Dubai: Dubai Health Authority (DHA) is encouraging those who plan to travel to ensure they take necessary pre-travel vaccinations at least one month prior to their journey to ensure the effectiveness of the vaccines.
The pre-travel health services are available across all DHA Primary Healthcare Centres and the services include pre-travel counselling, risk assessment, vaccinations and medications.
Dr Alia Mohammad Al Dallal, consultant family physician and acting director of the Specialised Programme Services Department at DHA’s Primary Health Care Sector, said: “In terms of the COVID-19 vaccine, people who intend to travel should first seek their health-care provider’s advise so that they can assess their medical condition, allergies if any, pre-existing health conditions and accordingly seek advice with regard to the vaccine.”
20 Dec 2020 The photo has been used for illustrative purposes.
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) is encouraging those who plan to travel to ensure they take necessary pre-travel vaccinations at least one month prior to their journey to ensure the effectiveness of the vaccines.
The pre-travel health services are available across all DHA Primary Healthcare Centre and the services include pre-travel counseling, risk assessment, vaccinations and medications.
Dr Alia Mohammad Al Dallal, Consultant Family Physician and Acting Director of Specialised Programme Services Department at DHA’s Primary Health Care Sector said, In terms of the COVID-19 vaccine, people who intend to travel should first seek their healthcare provider’s advice so that they can assess their medical condition, allergies if any, pre-existing health conditions and accordingly seek advice with regard to the vaccine. In addition to this vaccine, there are certain mandatory vaccines if you are trav