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 programmes 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.

• Abu Dhabi manufactured over 300,000 COVID-19 DNA Extraction Solution samples
• The emirate achieved a COVID-19 testing capacity of over 500,000 tests per day
• Abu Dhabi established 27 drive-through testing and vaccination centres across the emirate
• The emirate established six field hospitals equipped with the latest treatment methods
• Abu Dhabi succeeded in increasing the healthcare capacity by 200% (pertaining to the number of patient beds at hospitals)
• Intensive care bed numbers were increased by 300%
• Abu Dhabi achieved vaccine capacity storage for up to six billion vaccines: the largest capacity worldwide
• The emirate was awarded 25 international awards in recognition of the global leadership of Abu Dhabi’s healthcare sector
• 100% of Abu Dhabi-based hospitals have been connected to Malaffi, the first platform in the world that can connect all hospitals in record time
• The emirate conducted over 325 research studies contributing to the deployment of innovation and research to address the pandemic globally