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        Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has signed a service level agreement with Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC) to facilitate the sharing of geospatial data among government agencies and other stakeholders. HAAD will ensure that any documentation, including data, codes and technical classifications needed for effective use of Spatial Data is made available to other AD-SDI community members, while ADSIC will be responsible for adopting measures for the sharing of Spatial Data among AD-SDI community members or other parties.
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        The UAE plans to launch a degree programme aimed at tackling the severe shortage of Emirati female nurses, The National has reported. The proposed programme would consolidate existing diploma degrees in the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) into a single bachelor's programme, the minister of health said. The plan also involves the formulation of a strategy to develop the profession across the country, devising rules that determine whether hospitals and medical centres are equipped to train prospective nurses, accreditation of the new degrees and development of training and education facilities.
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        A study by the Pan Arab Research Centre in Dubai estimates the total advertising spend value of the whole healthcare sector in the GCC at $162m, 9% of which comes from the UAE, Khaleej Times has reported. 'This is for the period from January to September of this year. The full-year estimate could reach some $215million,' general manager of the centre, Sami Raffoul told the UAE's first conference on health advertisements. Forty-one percent of the estimated total is on Pan Arab media, 12% in Saudi Arabia, 29% in Kuwait, and 9% in other GCC countries, he said.
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        Wellpharma Holding, the healthcare and pharmaceutical investment arm of Abu Dhabi Investment House (ADIH), has announced the launch of the Wellpharma Medical Solutions Fund. The fund will invest in the development and operation of a local production facility in Abu Dhabi that will specialize in the manufacturing and distribution of high-quality Intravenous (IV) Solutions for medical treatments. The project has received in-principle approval from the Ministry of Health and the support of the Health Authority in Abu Dhabi.
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        Saudi Arabia's ministry of health has given resident in the kingdom intending to perform the Haj pilgrimage until November 22 to receive the swine flu vaccine, Saudi Gazette has reported. The vaccine is available at all public health facilities across the country, the ministry said. 
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