UAE- Julphar holds 1st Adult Primary Care Academy

RAS AL-KHAIMAH, 16th May, 2016 (WAM) -- Julphar, Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries, has initiated its first Adult Primary Care Academy meeting, which took place recently in Dubai.

The Academy, accredited by the Ministry of Health, MoH, in partnership with the Emirates Family Medicine Society, EMA, was introduced and chaired by Dr. Ahmed Alhaj Saleh, Consultant Internal Medicine at the Medeor Hospital, Dubai, and was attended by 80 physicians from the Middle East region, including Ears Nose Throat specialised doctors, General Practitioners and Doctors of Internal Medicine.

During the one-day meeting, Dr. Ahmed gave an overview of the most common Lower Respiratory Tract Infections isolates, and their susceptibility in the region, and speakers Dr. Stephanie Thomas, Consultant in Medical Microbiology at the University Hospital of South Manchester, Dr. Souha Kanj, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the American University of Beirut, and Dr. Mo Baguneid, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at the University Hospital of South Manchester, presented workshops on the right way to choose antibiotics for respiratory infections, the resistance to antibiotics issues and the necessity to improve communication with patients for doctors to achieve better management results.