Archive for the Category ‘Event Management’

Rise of breast cancer in Arab world may be due to improvement in ways of reporting the disease

Rise of breast cancer in Arab world may be due to improvement in ways of reporting the disease

Dubai, UAE: The incidence of breast cancer is on the rise in developing countries as well as developed countries, but probably for different reasons. This is according to experts at the Breast Cancer Conference, which opened today (1 April) at the Obs-Gyne Exhibition & Congress 2012 in Dubai. According to Dr. Richard Reyes, Consultant Breast [...]

‘Social stigma’ still attached to mental health issues for Arab women

‘Social stigma’ still attached to mental health issues for Arab women

Dubai, UAE: While the UAE does not have any formal method of collecting information on mental health disorders, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), depression is the second leading contributor to poor health and shorter lifespan among people between the ages of 15 and 44. Experts at the upcoming Obs-Gyne Exhibition & Congress, taking [...]

Co-Sign Kilma and Grace & Garbo collaborate to launch “Shouting to be heard” a campaign to highlight challenges of the music industry in the UAE

Co-Sign Kilma and Grace & Garbo collaborate to launch “Shouting to be heard”  a campaign to highlight challenges of the music industry in the UAE

Considering the UAE is overwhelmed by English speaking expats, there should automatically be a demand for entertainment that caters to this demographic and there is however why are the English singing artists both Emiratis and non Emiratis still lagging in sales and struggling to secure concerts across the market? Co-Sign Kilma and Grace & Garbo [...]

UN World Water Day 2012 Recognized at Sustainable Water Management Event

UN World Water Day 2012 Recognized at Sustainable Water Management Event

First in a series of actions in preparation for session at Rio +20 JAKARTA, Indonesia – Friday, March 23rd 2012 [ME NewsWire] -(BUSINESS WIRE)– On UN World Water Day 2012, March 22, 2012, the Indonesia Water Mandate Working Group hosted a seminar on ‘Collaborative Actions for Sustainable Water Management in Indonesia.’ This seminar supports the [...]

Onset of heart attack in Arab women often disguised as flu

Onset of heart attack in Arab women often disguised as flu

Dubai, UAE: Mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular disease (or Ischaemic heart disease) is on the rise in women in Middle Eastern countries. Heart disease once thought to affect only men does frequently affect women and worldwide, 8.6 million women die from heart disease each year, accounting for a third of all deaths in women. [...]

Prevalence of voice disorders in the Arab region is expected to be higher than 6%

Prevalence of voice disorders in the Arab region is expected to be higher than 6%

Dubai, UAE: According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 6% of the population have speech, voice or language disorders . The prevalence in the region is expected to be higher however, unfortunately, there are no official statistics regarding the prevalence of voice disorders for neither the UAE nor the Arab region. Dr. Yaser S. Natour, [...]

Small World 2012: NO to child slavery

Small World 2012: NO to child slavery

Abu Dhabi, UAE – Tuesday, March 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]   Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of HigherEducation and Scientific Research in the UAE, Plush Events will be holding its annual SmallWorld charity event on Friday March 16th in Emirates Palace. The event will be a fundraiser that brings [...]

WIN2012 Symposium on Personalized Cancer Medicine Receives Endorsements from ASCO, ESMO, UICC and INCa

WIN2012 Symposium on Personalized Cancer Medicine Receives Endorsements from ASCO, ESMO, UICC and INCa

PARIS – Wednesday, March 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]   (BUSINESS WIRE)– The upcoming annual symposium of the Worldwide Innovative Networking Consortium on personalized cancer medicine (WIN 2012), to be held in Paris, June 28-29, 2012, has received endorsements from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the Union [...]

Midwifery practices to be standardised across the UAE

Midwifery practices to be standardised across the UAE

Dubai, UAE: A recent report published by the United Nations stated that “increasing women’s access to quality midwifery services has become a focus of global efforts to realize the right of every woman to the best possible healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth.” According to experts at the Midwifery Conference, set to take place on the [...]

Small World Marches against Child Slavery

Small World Marches against Child Slavery

Abu Dhabi, UAE – Wednesday, February 29th 2012 [ME NewsWire]   Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of HigherEducation and Scientific Research in the UAE, Plush Events will be holding a march against child slavery on Friday March 2nd at 10:00 AM on the Abu Dhabi Corniche. The march will [...]

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