RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Saudi specialists successfully separated Jamaican conjoined twins Azaria and Azura Elson in a complex five-hour operation at King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, the Ministry of National Guard confirmed on Thursday. The medical team from the Saudi Conjoined Twins Program fast-tracked the procedure after ...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Maldives has launched one of its most extensive public-health initiatives in recent years as the government opened Health Expo 2025, a nationwide effort to strengthen disease awareness, expand access to preventive care and promote healthier lifestyles across the island nation. Positioned as a pillar of the country’s bro...
Survey finds Pakistan has highest rate of workplace discrimination, followed by India and US By Mushfiq Ahmad KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — More than two-thirds of employees living with diabetes in Pakistan have faced negative treatment at work because of their condition, while over half have even considered leaving their jobs due to fear o...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, marking a major public health milestone and making it the seventh country in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to achieve the status. The validation raises to 27 the number of countries...
ABU DHABI, UAE (MNTV) — The United Arab Emirates has expressed its readiness to strengthen cooperation with Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the fight against drug trafficking and abuse, marking a significant step toward a formal bilateral framework on narcotics control. During a courtesy visit to NDLEA headquarters in...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Saudi Arabia signed a $214 million partnership with China’s ewpartners to advance healthcare localization, attract investment, and strengthen private sector participation in the Kingdom’s growing medical industry. The agreement, inked during the Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh, involves the Ministry of Investme...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Global health intelligence firm M42 announced the launch of M42 Saudi Arabia, marking a new phase in its long-term collaboration with the kingdom to advance precision and predictive healthcare under Vision 2030. The announcement was made during the Global Health Exhibition (GHE) in Riyadh, where the company reaffi...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, has signed an agreement with U.S.-based artificial intelligence and quantum technology firm SandboxAQ to accelerate drug development and strengthen the kingdom’s biotechnology sector, the companies announced on Monday. The deal, unveiled on the sidelines of the Future I...
SANAA, Yemen (MNTV) — Yemen is facing a worsening cholera outbreak, with hundreds of thousands of suspected cases reported as the ongoing conflict and severe funding shortfalls cripple the country’s capacity to contain the disease, according to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. Between March 2024 and August 2025, Yemen recorded around 332,000...
DOHA, Qatar (MNTV) — Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) have published a groundbreaking global study revealing a significant decline in childhood diarrhea over the past four decades, while warning of persistent regional inequalities, particularly in Africa and the Middle East. Published in eBioMedicine, part of The Lancet Disc...
