Wamda

Lebanon

An eco-friendly solution to dispose of pharmaceutical waste in Lebanon

A 'pill-board' building. (Image via Ziad Abi-Chaker) This article is a crosspost with the MIT Technology Review Arab Edition written by N...

MIT Technology Review Arab Edition cedar environmental expired medication

Regional

London calling

A Lebanese, a Briton, a Dutchman and an Italian walk into a London investment firm. They bond over hip hop. One year later they launch a...

Braci Hoxton Ventures Slidr

U.A.E

Alemhealth brings accurate and timely healthcare diagnosis to developing countries

In order to link underserved patients in developing countries with top radiologists from around the world, Alemhealth, provides...

M+M Minds+Machines MEMakers

Palestine

This startup wants to modernize vaccination management

While waiting at a vaccination center in Jerusalem, Hafeth Zughayer noticed parents coming in and arguing with the nurses after learning...

Jerusalem Universal Baby Vaccinations digital health care

Global

Telemedicine in the Middle East, the time is now

The time is now. (Image via CommsMEA) In 2001, a team of French and American physicians in New York made history by remotely...

digital health care MEMakers AlemHealth

Jordan

Med-tech vying for attention in Jordan

A slip of the finger, or a movement too quick, and a healthcare professional can find themselves with a needlestick injury. That is what...

iPark Jordan medical hardware innovation digital health care

Regional

Augmented reality and medicine, is the Middle East ready?

After-surgery care in developing countries or remote locations can often be an unknown quantity, but the use of augmented reality during...

InGlove VITAAX MEMakers

Egypt

InfoMed digitizes Egypt's family doctors

A spate of high-profile deaths in Egypt from medical misdiagnosis has highlighted the need for better all-round medical care in...

family medicine ehealth InfoMed

Regional

Africa gets its first digital health accelerator

Ampion's cofounders Fabian-Carlos Guhl and Ifeanyi Oteh launch their new health-tech accelerator. (Image via Ampion) If there’s one c...

ehealth digital health care Ampion

Regional

Beauty is in the eye of the app-holder

No smartphones here. Advances have been made in the beauty industry also. (Image via Getty Images) According to the latest statistics by...

Spoilee Vaniday BEEM

Global

Online symptom checkers failed one test, but aren’t out of the game yet

Is a symptom checker app ready to replace a real-life doctor? (Image via iStock) A recent audit by Harvard Medical School...

Symptom Checker Harvard Medical School MEMakers

Egypt

Data-driven medicine in MENA: a startup’s long wait

In 2010, four men began preparing for what they thought would be the exciting, and imminent, future of genetic analysis in the Middle...

Mohamed Aboueldhoda Illumina Genomics

U.A.E

Banking and insurance comparison startup Bayzat raises $1M led by BECO Capital

Bayzat, a UAE-based comparison site for health insurance services, banking products and car insurance has received a $1 million round...

Bayzat investement Funding

Saudi Arabia

Saudi web startup focuses on rehab for disabled children

Hospitals and medical clinics are not the most inviting of places, especially if you have to visit them regularly, but Saudi startup...

developmental disabilities rehab rehabilitation

Maghreb

Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach

When Zineb Yacoubi returned to Morocco after eight years abroad, she was struck by how difficult it was to book a medical appointment....

dabadoc Maghreb morocco

Regional

Diagnose your market: insights into MENA’s digital health revolution

The health revolution. (Image via CB Insights) As the m-health industry of the Middle East continues to grow, Dubai hosted its first...

Trice Imaging Inc HealthXL Qualcomm Ventures

Regional

M-health apps taking the pulse of the region

Following up on our recent piece on m-health in the region, we’ve compiled a list of other health applications and platforms that are...

AlemHealth Faselty Eshraq

Regional

Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges

Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l...

Regional

The growing m-health sector of the Middle East, too slow?

When the Arabic medical information platform AlTibbi accept their World Summit Award for best mobile medical content in February...

MENA Healthcare Dr Bridge

Young Lebanese innovators honored by MIT, confirms a growing trend

Update: Wamda has just learned that a third Lebanese, entrepreneur Rand Hindi, was also included in the MIT list (editors were...

littlebits MIT

Not another social network: Doxunity wants to help doctors do their jobs better

Regional

Thought Leadership

An eco-friendly solution to dispose of pharmaceutical waste in Lebanon

London calling

Alemhealth brings accurate and timely healthcare diagnosis to developing countries

This startup wants to modernize vaccination management

Telemedicine in the Middle East, the time is now

Med-tech vying for attention in Jordan

Augmented reality and medicine, is the Middle East ready?

InfoMed digitizes Egypt's family doctors

Africa gets its first digital health accelerator

Beauty is in the eye of the app-holder

Online symptom checkers failed one test, but aren’t out of the game yet

Data-driven medicine in MENA: a startup’s long wait

Banking and insurance comparison startup Bayzat raises $1M led by BECO Capital

Saudi web startup focuses on rehab for disabled children

Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach

Diagnose your market: insights into MENA’s digital health revolution

M-health apps taking the pulse of the region

Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges

The growing m-health sector of the Middle East, too slow?

Young Lebanese innovators honored by MIT, confirms a growing trend

Not another social network: Doxunity wants to help doctors do their jobs better

From Saudi to the US: selling camel milk as the new superfood

WebTeb goes mobile with Arabic language app

Regional investment future looks bright despite political distress

Thought Leadership

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