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Dubai: Free Covid vaccine now at 120 centres; full list Web Report/Dubai Photo: Government of Dubai Media Office/Twitter Number of centres increased as demand for the vaccine grows. The total number of centres providing the Covid-19 vaccine in Dubai now stands at 120, it was announced on Sunday. The increase is in response to the “growing demand” for the vaccine, the Government of Dubai Media Office said in a Press statement. The vaccine is currently available in several hospitals in Dubai: Rashid Hospital Mediclinic Hospital Network (13 locations) Three mobile units. Al Mizhar Union Health Centres Al Qusais Health Centre Screening centres at Al Khawaneej and Port Rashid; ....
Dubai: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) launched its third smoke cessation clinic at the Nad Al Hammar health centre in Dubai on Monday. Totally these clinics have over 400 customers annually recorded a 14 per cent quitting rate in 2020. Globally the quitting rate is in the range of 10 to 20 per cent. The first clinic was started by DHA in 2010 when studies pointed that professional support and approved cessation medications can more than double a tobacco user’s chance of successfully quitting the habit. Studies also found that without cessation support only four per cent of attempts to quit tobacco will succeed. Smokers need psychological support and medications to quit ....
DHA launches new smoking cessation clinic DUBAI, January 11, 2021 Dubai Health Authority (DHA) added a new Smoking Cessation Clinic in Nad Al Hamr Health Centre, totalling the number of DHA Smoking Cessation Clinics to three. The DHA smoking cessation clinics, which cater to around 400 customers annually, recorded a 14 per cent quitting rate in 2020. Globally the quitting rate is in the range of 10 to 20 per cent. DHA’s Primary Health Care Sector established the first Smoking Cessation Clinic in 2010 after studies found that professional support and approved cessation medications can more than double a tobacco user s chance of successful quitting. Studies also found that without cessation support only four per cent of attempts to quit tobacco will succeed. ....
Covid vaccine UAE: Pfizer jab lifts Dubai residents spirits Saman Haziq/Dubai Photo: Saman Haziq Vaccination drive in the first phase is being conducted between 8am and 8 pm daily Dubai residents wore their emotions on their sleeve, as they turned up in large numbers to take the Pfizer- BioNTech jab against the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) jab at the six designated centres of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) on Thursday. The Pfizer- BioNTech vaccination drive, which started from 2pm onwards on Wednesday, is being conducted 8 am and 8 pm daily. The first phase of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination campaign was launched in Dubai on Wednesday, a day after the announcement was made. ....