Health

Dubai Healthcare City Authority

http://www.dhcc.ae/

In May 2011, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued a decree establishing a public authority, now known as Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA), to oversee Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC). Since its inception, DHCC has become home to two hospitals, over 90 outpatient medical centres and diagnostic laboratories with over 2000 licensed professionals, occupying 22 million square feet. As per the decree, HH Sheikh Mohammed also appointed HRH Princess Haya as Chairperson of the Authority. With the healthcare sector being the most important service sector in Dubai and across the UAE, HRH Princess Haya continues to implement HH Sheikh Mohammed’s vision by assessing all previous shortfalls and re-aligning Dubai Healthcare City to create an internationally renowned site and centre for integrated medical services. At the forefront of the plan is the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center (MBRM AMC), the academic and research arm of Dubai Healthcare City and hub for DHCC’s educational components. Research and academia, being a top priority for HRH Princess Haya, has paved way to open dialogue in an effort to strategically draw attention to DHCA’s multi-disciplinary approach as well as highlight the numerous programmes to soon be offered by the Center.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital

Work on the Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital, the first dedicated children’s hospital in the United Arab Emirates, has started and is due for completion in early 2014. The driving force behind it is the belief that all children should have an equal start for success in life and the treatment of children suffering from illness or disease should not be the subject of geographical chance. The Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital is the first in the UAE to specialise in the treatment of children, defining a new standard for healthcare excellence on a local, regional and international level, fostering clinical innovations, ground-breaking technologies and cutting-edge research facilities. It is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children, delivering comprehensive and integrated healthcare services with the best knowledge, medicine and technology available across the Middle East. HRH Princess Haya continues to work closely with the team at Dubai Health Authority and visits hospitals around the world as part of a global fact-finding initiative to assist in the development of the Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital.

Chain of Hope

http://www.chainofhope.org/

Chain of Hope, founded by Sir Magdi Yacoub, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial College London, provides children suffering from life-threatening diseases with the corrective surgery and treatment to which they do not have access. The principle of the charity is to build-up, link by link, a 'chain' of volunteers to enable children to receive the medical attention they need. The Foundation also organises missions to countries where there is an acute lack of medical provision. HRH Princess Haya is the Honorary President of the Foundation.

Princess Haya Biotechnology Centre

The Princess Haya Biotechnology Centre houses 16 research laboratories and supports scientific activity at the national and regional level. It was established at the Jordan University of Science and Technology on the campus of King Abdullah University Hospital in 2005 and has cooperation agreements with several local institutions and hospitals. The Centre has recently expanded its activity beyond the national borders, liaising with a forensic medicine institute in Iraq, the Saint Joseph University in Lebanon, the Hamdan Bin Rashid Organisation for Excellence in the UAE, the Human Genetics Center at the University of Humboldt in Germany and The Forensic Medicine Centre at the University of Western Australia. HRH Princess Haya serves as Honorary President.