Abdulla Bader Al Sayari, Chief Information Security Officer at the Department of Health-Abu Dhabi, reflects on the importance of the recently introduced DOH Standard on Patient Healthcare Data Privacy for ensuring patient privacy at all times. "At the Department of Health, we continually strive to maintain excellence in healthcare standards. By shaping a regulatory […]

World Kidney Day may not be as widely acknowledged as other disease awareness campaigns, but it certainly deserves our attention. Kidney disease, is a silent disease in the early stages, meaning diagnosis is often late and can result in life-long complications that require dialysis as a last resort. On March 11th, the global World Kidney […]

How is Malaffi committed to patient safety? Malaffi, as the region’s first health information exchange, and a strategic initiative of the Department of Health Abu Dhabi, safely and securely connects public and private healthcare providers across the Emirate. Currently, Malaffi is on its way to connecting 95% of all hospitals in Abu Dhabi and covers […]

This week we are marking UAE Innovation Month and celebrating a Golden Jubilee of innovation - 50 years of Imagination, 50 years of Inspiration and 50 years of Inclusion. This month, the UAE became the fifth country in the world to send a spacecraft to Mars. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi […]

Today marks World Cancer Day, a global initiative which aims to raise worldwide awareness and education around the disease. A key focus of World Cancer Day is reducing premature deaths and improving the quality of a survivor’s life – an ambitious goal recognized by our leadership in Abu Dhabi. The Department of Health is committed […]