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DUBAI / WAM
Healthcare and trade professionals from more than 159 countries will arrive in Dubai tomorrow for the opening of the Arab Health Exhibition & Conferences, the largest gathering of healthcare companies, technology, products and services in the Middle East & North Africa (Mena) region.
Following the success of the 2019 edition, where business generated by exhibitors during the show increased by 5.9% year-on-year from US$ 778 million in 2018 to US$ 824 in 2019, more than 55,000 healthcare and trade professionals and 4,250 exhibiting companies from over 64 countries are expected at the Dubai World Trade Centre and Conrad Dubai Hotel from January 27 – 30, 2020.
Ross Williams, Exhibition Director, Arab Health, said, “Now in its 45th year, Arab Health continues to be the leading platform for the Mena healthcare industry to build relationships with international stakeholders and to showcase the latest innovation and technology in the healthcare sector.”
The theme for Arab Health 2020 is Connectivity for better healthcare delivery, promoting the shows commitment to bringing together stakeholders from the full spectrum of the healthcare industry to support improvement in the sector.
To achieve this goal, ‘sectorisation’ will form a major focus for the event with the show floor split into eight distinct sectors, including medical equipment and devices; disposable and consumer goods; healthcare infrastructure and assets; imaging and diagnostics; and preventive and post-diagnostics treatments, amongst others.
French healthcare expertise to be displayed at Arab Health
DUBAI / WAM
With over 80 French companies, including 14 new exhibitors, France will once again be participating in the Arab Health 2020 exhibition in Dubai from January 27-30 2020, dedicated to the latest innovations in the health sector.
Gathered at the French Healthcare pavilion organised by Business France, the national agency supporting the international development of the French economy, these companies will unveil their latest innovations, designed to tackle today’s major challenges.
The sectors with the largest representation in the French pavilion include Diagnostic Equipment, Telemedicine Solutions, Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy, Hospital Equipment and Furniture, Hospital Risk Prevention and Management and Hospital Hygiene.
France is renowned worldwide for its industrial, scientific and medical expertise. The medical devices sector includes more than 1,300 companies, 92 percent of which are SMEs, with sales in the French market amounting to nearly €30 billion.
According to MedTech Europe, France is the second largest European market for medical devices and the 5th largest in the world.
Arab Health is set to welcome the global healthcare sector to Dubai with more than 4,250 exhibitors from around the world.