AMMAN, Jordan (MNTV) — Iraq is working to establish new medical specialization and training centers across several Arab countries as part of broader efforts to strengthen healthcare education and professional standards in the region, according to Iraqi News. The initiative was discussed during the second meeting of the Supreme Ministerial Comm...
MALÉ, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has secured new international financing to expand and modernise its public health system, with the Islamic Development Bank approving a grant worth $400,000 to support stronger primary healthcare and referral services across the island nation. The funding was announced over the weekend during the country’s ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – When she was growing up, Dr Nurnadiah Zamri remembers liking English more than mathematics. But when she started to realize how impactful mathematics can be when it comes to solving real-world problems, she began to develop a deeper passion for numbers, reports The Star. Today, the senior lecturer at Universiti ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — A recent look at national eating habits reveals an uncomfortable contradiction – Malaysians have plenty to eat, yet many are still malnourished. The issue, experts say, lies in the quality of food, not the quantity, reports Business Today. Dr Lee Ching Li, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at IMU [&hell...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Malaysia has become one of the world’s preferred destinations for hospital-based medical tourism, driven by competitive pricing and a healthcare ecosystem that blends quality, technology and cultural familiarity, reports FMT. Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad’s (MIDF) Malaysia Healthcare thematic r...
MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) – A Saudi nonprofit dedicated to supporting amputees has rapidly evolved into one of the Kingdom’s most influential humanitarian platforms, delivering comprehensive care and life-changing prosthetics to more than 1,000 people since its launch in 2020. Founded to close long-standing gaps in physical, psychological, a...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Medical waste management systems have been installed and officially handed over across 21 islands in the Maldives, marking a major effort to improve public health and protect the country’s fragile marine environment from hazardous healthcare waste. The initiative forms part of a $4.4 million regional project led by the ...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) — Oman has inaugurated a modular, state-of-the-art environmental surveillance laboratory for poliovirus, marking a major step in the Eastern Mediterranean Region’s effort to eliminate the disease. Supported by the World Health Organization, the new facility expands the country’s long-standing laboratory capacity from testi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Nearly half a million Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar have been vaccinated against typhoid fever as part of Bangladesh’s nationwide Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) campaign, marking one of the largest immunization efforts ever undertaken in a refugee setting. The dedicated phase of the campai...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre successfully performed complex surgery to remove a tumor from the proximal femur extending to the left hip joint using 3D-printing technology. Patient-specific 3D-printed cutting guides enabled surgeons to excise the tumor while preserving the limb, allowing the...
