ABU DHABI/WAM The UAE’s healthcare sector achieved significant milestones in 2024 as part of efforts to enhance performance, improve quality of life, and promote healthy lifestyles across the community. The UAE allocated AED5.745 billion, representing eight percent of the federal budget for the 2025 fiscal year, to healthcare and community prevention services. In a major development, the UAE Cabinet approved ...

ABU DHABI/AD MEDIA OFFICE For the first time in the Middle East, Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (ADSCC) has successfully performed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy (CAR-T) for a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), marking a step forward in personalised treatment for autoimmune diseases. The breakthrough offers new hope to lupus patients, a condition that causes the immune system ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) maintained its real GDP growth projections for 2024 at 4.0 percent, accelerating to 4.5 and 5.5 percent in 2025 and 2026, respectively. According to the Quarterly Economic Review – December 2024 issued on Monday by the CBUAE, growth expectations for the current year are driven by growth ...