August 2024

Special Feature

Dose Check: Your Personalized Insulin Coach

More than 95% of diabetics suffer from type 2 diabetes, which waspreviously known as non-insulin-dependent or adult-onset diabetes.Historically limited to adults, this form of diabetes is now increasinglyaffecting younger individuals. This shift highlights a growing healthconcern, as type 2 diabetes becomes more prevalent among children andadolescents, necessitating greater awareness and preventive measures.

Medical Alert

Urgent Health Alert: WHO Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Fake Painkiller

This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to one batch offalsified Oxymorphone Hydrochloride 40mg. Thefalsified product was detected in the unregulatedsupply chain in Finland and reported to WHO in July2024 by the Finnish Medicines Agency (FIMEA).

Dr. Emmanuelle Soubeyran Appointed as WOAH Director General

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)marks an important milestone in its history as DrEmmanuelle Soubeyran officially takes up her positionas the new Director General for a five-year tenurefrom 2024.

MOH Saudi Arabia Urges

Swift Digital Conversion of Vaccination Records

The Ministry of Health confirmed the suspension ofissuing paper vaccination certificates for children andconverting them to digital certificates, by booking anappointment through the application at the vaccinationdocumentation clinic at the nearest...

Mpox poses growing threatto public health across Africa

The African region is experiencing an unprecedentedincrease in mpox cases since the start of 2024, withmore countries previously unaffected by the diseasereporting cases of an expanding spreadof the virus.

WHO and UAE ConductLargest Medical Evacuationfrom Gaza

85 sick and severely injured patients from Gaza wereevacuated to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE),for specialized care. This extremely complex jointevacuation was supported by the World HealthOrganization (WHO) in partnership with the...