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Sharjah Baby Friendly Office creates Guinness World Record
Sharjah Baby Friendly Office, SBFO, broke a Guinness World Records, GWR, title for ‘Most people in a photo cutout board picture’, with 72 people in one frame.
Neglected diseases leave millions of people as liability to their societies, says expert
Neglected Tropical Diseases make a ripple effect on education and economy of a society
Agreement signed to move towards ‘judicious’ use of antibiotics in Jordan
Awareness of the “sensible” use of antibiotics in Jordan to minimise the impact of the global threat of Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR).
Private hospital in Bahrain signs $1mln deal to install solar power system
Project is expected to generate 1MW of power for the 100-bed multi-speciality hospital
Saudi Arabia delivers ‘early warning’ on preterm births
Up to 60,000 babies are born prematurely every year in Saudi Arabia
LivaNova to restructure heart valve unit
The company, which has about 4,000 employees, said the restructuring will eliminate operational overlap
New method for cardiac operation successful in Oman
Successful operations were performed for four patients with severe chronic mitral reflux
Payouts plan for Bahraini victims of sickle cell anaemia
Proposal will be now reviewed by the Cabinet
Foreign firms eye minority stake in Turkish drug maker Sanovel -sources
It operates in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Iraq and other countries in the region
Donors pledge $2.6bln for "last mile" of polio eradication
The funding - almost of half of which came in a single donation from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - will be used to immunise 450 million children against polio each year
