ABU DHABI / WAM World Polio Day is marked annually on October 24 recognising global efforts to eradicate the highly infectious disease that mainly affects children under the age of five. Since the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), in 1988, the World Health Organisation (WHO), noted that wild polio cases have decreased by over 99 percent, with ...

SHARJAH / WAM Crescent Enterprises has joined hands with The Big Heart Foundation, a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping people in need worldwide, to assist the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The initiative will support Water and Sanitation for Health (Wash), project supervised by The Big Heart Foundation in the Cox’s Bazar district in southern Bangladesh, said a press ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Steel, the only integrated steel plant in UAE and a subsidiary of General Holding Corporation (Senaat), received two patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patents reaffirm Emirates Steels’ status as an innovative leader within the regional steel industry, alongside its commitment to building a culture of innovation within the UAE. ...