ABU DHABI: The UAE is hosting the region’s first Organ Transplantation for Cancer Patients conference, with 1,500 specialists arriving in Abu Dhabi to attend the event.
The Emirates Oncology Society (EOS), in cooperation with Houston Methodist Global Health Services, is organizing the conference under the patronage of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, the UAE’s minister of tolerance and coexistence, in Abu Dhabi.
Emirates News Agency reported that the event is drawing specialists in the fields of oncology, cancer and organ transplantation from the UAE, Middle East and worldwide to the Emirati capital, which has become a leading medical tourism destination.
Addressing the attendees, some of whom are attending virtually, Sheikh Nahyan said: “This distinguished conference is being held for the first time in the Middle East … it brings together leading regional and international experts in cancer prevention, examination, diagnosis and treatment, to identify the challenges facing successful treatment of cancer, and to discover solutions and innovative actions that will enhance health care.”
Attendees from major countries, including the US, UK and Saudi Arabia, presented clinical experiences and the latest therapeutic innovations, while the conference hosted 24 panel sessions and discussions on more than 50 research papers.
Sheikh Nahyan said that medical industry events promote research and the exchange of knowledge, boosting education in the UAE and the wider region.
He added that organ transplantation stands as a promising method for treating cancer patients, especially those with liver cancer. The method has shown great potential around the world in prolonging the lives of patients and easing pain, he said.
The conference aims to promote organ transplantation for cancer patients as a new medical specialty worldwide.
Conference chair and EOS President Prof. Humaid Al-Shamsi said: “We seek to provide all advanced and necessary treatments and reduce patients’ need for travel and treatment abroad.
“The presence of many experts in the fields of oncology and organ transplantation helped to broaden their knowledge and familiarize them with the most recent treatment options being used around the world in order to improve their application and help lower infection rates.”
UAE hosts region-first medical event on organ transplants for cancer patients
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UAE hosts region-first medical event on organ transplants for cancer patients
- Emirates Oncology Society president hails worldwide health innovations
- Landmark conference to include 24 panel sessions, discussions on over 50 research papers
Dozens killed, 8,000 displaced as fighting escalates in Sudan’s North Darfur, UN says
- At least 19 civilians killed during ground assault in Jirjir area of North Darfur; 10 civilians killed and 9 injured in a drone attack on Sinja, capital of Sennar State
- UN calls on all involved in conflict to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, respect international humanitarian law, and enable humanitarian access
NEW YORK CITY: Dozens of civilians, at least, have been killed and thousands displaced as fighting intensifies across Sudan, including North Darfur, the UN said on Tuesday as it warned of worsening humanitarian and nutritional crises.
Local reports suggested at least 19 civilians were killed during a ground assault on Monday in the Jirjir area of North Darfur, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
In a separate incident, 10 civilians were killed and nine injured in a drone attack on Sinja, the capital of Sennar State, according to the Sudan Doctors Network.
The UN is alarmed by the continuing harm to civilians and the growing numbers of displaced people as fighting spreads to several parts of the country, Dujarric said.
“The violence continues to drive people from their homes, and it must stop,” he added.
The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 8,000 people were displaced on Friday from villages near Kernoi in North Darfur. Some fled to other parts of the state, others crossed the border into Chad seeking refuge, further straining already fragile humanitarian conditions, Dujarric said.
The displacements are unfolding alongside a worsening nutritional emergency in North Darfur, he added. A survey carried out last month by UNICEF and its partners in areas around Tina, Um Baru and Kernoi revealed acute levels of malnutrition far exceeding the World Health Organization’s emergency threshold of 15 percent. It found the highest rate of acute malnutrition, 53 percent, was in Um Baru.
Dujarric again called on all parties involved in the conflict to take immediate action to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, respect international humanitarian law, and enable rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access.
He urged donors to urgently scale up funding to help provide deliveries of life-saving aid, and warned that the continuing fighting and displacement risks worsening what is already one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world.
The UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, will visit Sudan from Jan. 14 to 18. He will hold talks with authorities in Port Sudan, as well as representatives of civil society groups and the UN Country Team.
He will also visit Northern State, including Al-Afad gathering site to meet people displaced by the conflict from Darfur and Kordofan, as well as humanitarian partners working there.
