The Abu Dhabi Department of Health is one of the most important regulative bodies of the Healthcare Sector in the United Arab Emirates. It is responsible for developing policies and strategies with an overarching policy that sets out the objectives against each policy priority area and the strategies to achieve them.

It also regulates and licenses healthcare facilities, professionals and provides public health services. It also develops programs and initiatives, health education and awareness campaigns and ensures excellence in Healthcare for the community by monitoring the health status of the population and ensuring that healthcare facilities are state of the art.

• Increased healthcare capacity through 200% growth in hospital patient beds in hospitals by 200%
• Intensive care bed numbers increased by 300%
• 174 new clinical trials in 2023
• 36% yearly growth in the life sciences cluster
• 8 days to approve clinical trials
• 212 start-ups and innovations evaluated in 2023
• Completed 6 real world evidence studies in 2023 to inform healthcare policy and delivery
• 351 patients benefited from the oncology clinical genomics program
• Developed 12 strategic partnerships at national and international levels
• 1,512 drug coding registrations completed
• Development of the cutting-edge National Biobank
• Awarded 25 international awards in recognition of the global leadership of Abu Dhabi’s healthcare sector
• During the COVID pandemic, Abu Dhabi achieved vaccine capacity storage for up to six billion vaccines, the largest capacity worldwide, manufactured over 300,000 COVID-19 DNA Extraction Solution samples, and established six field hospitals equipped with the latest treatment methods
• 100% of Abu Dhabi-based hospitals have been connected to Malaffi, , the world’s most connected national health record exchange, connecting hospitals in record time and enabling seamless patient care