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PREVALENT COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES IN UAE 2Prevalent Community Health Issues in UAEIntroductionThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) is among the developing countries in Asia that ischaracterized of transnational population growth that has diverse educational systems, religiouspractices and artistic heritage, which frequently poses a major challenge in delivery of qualitypopulation-based health services. There is quite a big number of public health related issues,which largely pitch into mortality rate in the United Arab Emirates.The innovative public healthprograms are one among the key-health related issues that is significantly affecting the aggregatepopulation in the UAE.Healthcare sector in the United Arab Emirates has experienced an extensive period ofhigh and rapid growth, which is forecast to continue, driven by the gap between quality, supply,and high demand levels. The increased number of patients visiting the health facilities hasincreased in the recent years due to the increased in population growth and patients coming fromoverseas for better treatment. This has put the government of United Arab Emirates underpressure to maintain the quality of healthcare provided in its facilities by embracing technologyin service provision without compromising any factor that will lead to poor delivery of services.However, achieving this had been a challenge that is yet to be solved. The health sector has oflate had issues to do with innovative public health programs in what has been seen as setting upworkable programs to mitigate the increasing health related diseases. To combat this menace inthe sector, the UAE government and the ministry of health through the nurses-stakeholdersassociation will have to look at these issues as separate entities that are life threatening and thensolve each independently. (Blair, 2011)

PREVALENT COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES IN UAE 3Cancer infection is the second most common disease causing death worldwide. UnitedArabs Emirates is among the countries that are heavily affected with this menace with statisticsindicating that it is expected to increase by great percentage with women being the most victimsof cervical cancer. In 2011, 62 cases of newly women diagnosed of cervical cancer weremanifested in Abu Dhabi, with the national figure indication 30% of infection cases. Cancer issaid to be most prevalent in many regions around the globe apart from sub-Saharan Africa.Traditionally, the Asian countries most notably in Emirates union, there have been much lowerincidences of cancer-related cases than the rest of the Western nations. This is so because overthe last four decades, it has evolved gradual in that period mainly because of the relativeeconomic fluctuations, political stability, social changes, and demographic make over that hasresulted into an increased life expectancy. Following this positive epidemiological transition, theprocess has led to saving more lives and even upgrading communal health status.The UAE government performance goal has in the recent past dedicated many of itsresources in upgrading overall health care though institutionalized programs, which assist ineradication and prevention of key leading health issues (Sharif, 2012). Therefore, healthcareministry has a responsibilityfor licensing of doctors and nurses and market regulation within itscontrol in order to play the pivotal role in establishing, delegating, and delivery of qualityhealthcare services to all the citizens.However, United Arab Emirates have for a long time facedshortage of nurses because they highly depend on foreign nurses, which can become detrimentalto maintain due to the exodus of nurses who leave for these countries in search of better wagesand better living standards.The political scenario currently at UAE has invested more to healthcare technological-innovations rather than to new drugs and instruments. This kind of organizational aspect in

PREVALENT COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES IN UAE 4healthcare is a vital source of some of the most huge opportunity to transform the healthcaresector in way that increases efficiency as well as quality of services but it is also very risky anddangerous at the same time since most patient will end up lacking essential drugs to cure theirailment or reduce effects of the disease hence you will find the mortality rate still high comparedto birth rate. Globocan data findings from 2008 clearly depicts that the age-standardized rates formost health occurrence and mortality diseases in the UAE is lower in comparison to Westerncountries, such as the USA (El Haddad, 2006). Leadership is a main source of opportunity in the healthcare sector in the UAE. It is themain resource of health care system currently devoted in eradicating health issues (such asinadequate medical personnel and equipment) which has been the main cause in raging behind inestablishing innovative public health programs. Leadership in UAE has a visionary andsupportive government, whose major goal, objectives and concerns coincide. High levels ofInnovation are clearly defined as objectives, and the government through its institutions isstriving to set objectivity that is common across different health divisions. This thereby createsfurther chances for alignment and also for capitalizing on the already existing efforts betweendifferent entities.The legal framework and ethical issues relating to less effective-innovative public healthprograms in UAE is another key area that if correctly addressed it would help ease emerginghealth related problems in the sector (El-Obaid, 2013). Health regulations and several standardsfor deference to public health procedures should be revised, evaluated, amended and thenreviewed frequently. Some of the key aspects in the legal framework such as health scrutiny fornew health workers according to UAE and labor laws may assist if only they are reviewed toensure that they coincide with international current.

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