Dubai Health Authority (DHA) is planning to make early cancer detection tests a part of coverage for the basic insurance package, reported WAM.
The authority’s plans were presented on Thursday during a Dubai Executive Council (DEC) meeting, chaired by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of DEC.
Aside from this, the authority also plans to curb and treat Hepatitis G through a partnership between the health insurance and pharmaceutical companies, without necessitating an increase in the basic package.
This was disclosed by Dr. Haider Yousuf, director of Public Health Funding Department at the DHA.
The DHA’s strategy also includes implementing a disease surveillance system, in addition to a program for following up on elderly patients as part of the happiness program.
The strategy revolves around four aspects that aim to address weaknesses or bottlenecks, and also focusing on developing subsectors, boosting the sector’s capital and retaining the labor force, developing a global transportation network that attracts goods and passengers and utilizing it to further improve logistic services in Dubai.
