UAE, Dubai: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that it will be expanding its Emirati scholarship programme “Health and Science” for students seeking to study medicine and it’s supporting fields.

The DHA made the announcement during the award ceremony of summer students and residency doctors who completed the programme on Thursday.

The DHA’s Health and Science scholarship programme aims to provide Emirati high school graduates with a scholarship, to encourage Emiratis to enter the field of medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and other medicine-supporting fields.

The DHA revealed its plans to expand the capacity of its programme due to notable demand as it received more than 450 applications last year for the training and occupational growth programme in its facilities. It also attracted 85 exceptional Emirati high school students with high-grade scores to study medicine and sciences in some of the best universities in the last two years.

The authority is working on adding more specialisations and skilled cadres to its facilities to meet the authority’s growing demand and to meet its Emiratization objectives, which are among its most important developmental paths in the authority’s 2016/2021 strategy.

In addition to the scholarship and covering of student’s expenses, the programme will be providing the students with monetary incentives throughout their studying years to encourage them to excel in their studies. The authority will also provide the program’s students with priority when it comes to training and employment at DHA facilities. 

As for the program’s main requirements, candidates wishing to apply for the scholarships must be Emiratis, in good health, have good conduct and if they are male they have to have completed their military service or have proved that it has been postponed or they have been exempted.

Students seeking a scholarship must have high scores, no less than 90 per cent for those wishing to study medicine, 80 per cent for nursing, 80 per cent for physiotherapy, 80 per cent for pharmacy and 85 per cent for those wishing to major in supporting medical fields such as X-ray, Labs and anaesthesia.

Student could not apply for the scholarship after two years or more of them graduating high school.

Applicants must complete an interview and should not have been accepted to another scholarship from another party.

Once accepted, the authority will cover his/her tuition fees, provide a monthly allowance, cover book costs and laptop cost. The authority will also provide the students with health insurance.

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For further information, please contact:

Mahmoud Al Ali

Head of Media

Dubai Health Authority

myalali@dha.gov.ae

+9714 219 7260

Kamakshi Gupta and Noor Nazzal

Communications Analysts- Media Dept.

Dubai Health Authority

klgupta@dha.gov.ae  nnnazzal@dha.gov.ae 

+9714 2197455

About the Dubai Health Authority:

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) was created, in June 2007, by Law 13 issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, with an expanded vision to include strategic oversight for the complete health sector in Dubai and enhance private sector engagement. His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance is the President of the Dubai Health Authority and His Excellency Humaid Al Qatami is the Chairman of the Board and Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority.

The DHA’s aim in Dubai is to provide an accessible, effective and integrated healthcare system, protect public health and improve the quality of life within the Emirate. This is a direct translation of the objectives of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Keeping the strategic plan in mind, the DHA’s mission is to ensure access to health services, maintain and improve the quality of these services, improve the health status of nationals, residents and visitors and oversee a dynamic, efficient and innovative health sector.

In addition to overseeing the health sector for the Emirate of Dubai, the DHA also focuses on providing services through DHA healthcare facilities including hospitals (Latifa, Dubai, Rashid and Hatta), specialty centres (e.g. the Dubai Diabetes Center) and DHA primary health centres spread throughout the Emirate of Dubai.

The main pillars of service delivery at DHA health facilities are quality, efficiency, patients and staff.  It is our aim to maintain and improve the quality and efficiency of DHA health services. An important aspect of the service delivery strategy is to focus on patients, their needs and satisfaction as well as attract, retain, nurture and support outstanding staff.

Prior to the establishment of the DHA, the Department of Health and Medical Services (DOHMS), which was established in 1973, was the functioning authority that almost exclusively focused on health service delivery.

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