The Abu Dhabi Department of Health ( ar, دائرة الصحة) is an
Abu Dhabi government
The Government of Abu Dhabi ( ar, حكومة أبوظبي) is the subnational authority that governs the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the seven constituent monarchies which make up the United Arab Emirates. The executive authority and head of the ...
regulative agency for the
healthcare
Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...
sector in the
Emirate of Abu Dhabi
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi (, , or ; ar, إِمَارَةْ أَبُوظَبِي , ) is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is by far the largest emirate, accounting for 87% of the nation's total land area o ...
. It shapes the regulatory framework for the health system (public and private), inspects against regulations and enforces standards in the emirate.
History
The Department of Health (former General Authority of Health Services for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi) was established in 2007 as part of a health system major reform.
In 2011 premarital screening and counseling were introduced with the Jawda initiative, a grading system for pharmaceutical services. Jawda was extended in subsequent years with hospital ratings and the monitoring of key medical services performances such as waiting times, incidents during interventions, unplanned readmissions, infections in interventions, and death rates. Jawda is generated on a quarterly basis. In 2014, 421 Jawda-related audits were carried out, which discovered failures in 4 healthcare centres in complying with room disinfection standards, cleanliness, medical device quality control standards, mixing sterile and non-sterile tools and storing medical files improperly.
In 2018 the Department of Health signed with
New York University Abu Dhabi
New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD, ar, جامعة نيويورك أبوظبي) is a degree granting, portal campus of New York University serving as a private, liberal arts college, located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Together with ...
(NYUAD) a
Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on a long-term study to investigate the causes of common
chronic diseases
A chronic condition is a health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time. The term ''chronic'' is often applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three mo ...
among
Emiratis
The Emiratis ( ar, الإماراتيون) are the native Arab citizen population of the United Arab Emirates. Their largest concentration is in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where there are about approximately 1.5 million Emiratis.
Formerl ...
. Also in 2018, a new regulation to mandate dispensing of
generic medicines
A generic drug is a pharmaceutical drug that contains the same chemical substance as a drug that was originally protected by chemical patents. Generic drugs are allowed for sale after the patents on the original drugs expire. Because the active ch ...
was introduced.
References
External links
Official website www.doh.gov.aeHealthcare Law Review - United Arab Emirates
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Healthcare in the United Arab Emirates
Government agencies of Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
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