Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, patron of the award, directed the Board of Trustees of the Award to develop a road map and a new strategy for the award.

He said: "During the first quarter of next year, the strategy, operational plans and methodology adopted by the Award will be completed by 2021. This strategy is in line with the vision of the UAE and the plans of the health authorities and is in line with the concerns of the State."

"The new strategy focuses on noncommunicable diseases, best integrated practices among stakeholders, providing the right treatment for the patient, and focuses on providing health, social and psychological aspects."

He pointed out that the health authorities at the level of the state seeks to look at what is around the problem and not only the problem, pointing out the importance of the priorities of the health sectors to clear access to the best services for the patient.

Bin Suqat said that the new award strategy gives greater priority to training in the health sector and directing competencies properly to reach the desired results of the plan.

On the other hand, the 10th Dubai International Medical Science Conference kicked off yesterday its 11th workshop at the Al Bustan Garden Hotel in Dubai, which discussed musculoskeletal diseases, focusing on joint diseases, orthopedic surgery and orthopedic mechanics. .

The workshop included three sessions. The first discussed rheumatic diseases and contained four lectures. The director of Lupus Research Laboratory at St. Thomas Hospital in London, Professor Munther Khamashta, presented a workshop on the latest findings of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Dr. Suad Hinnawi, Consultant Rheumatology and Head of the Rheumatology Committee at the Ministry of Health and Society, United Arab Emirates, presented a workshop on cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis.

Dr. Faisal Al-Badawi, a specialist in Rheumatology and a member of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom, presented a workshop entitled "When should back pain be taken seriously".

Dr. Haidar Al-Attiyah presented two workshops, during which he discussed the subject of tissue calcification in clinical practices, autoimmune diseases and vitamin D through a study conducted in the UAE.

The second session was on orthopedic surgery and included four lectures. The head of orthopedic surgery at the University of Bern, Professor Klaus Sibenrock, discussed the subject of hip pain. The head of the Johns Hopkins University's Department of Orthopedics, Professor Frank J. Frasica, Classification to help them treat patients with soft tissue blocks.

Dr. Ali Al Baloushi, Consultant Orthopedic Consultant at Med Clinic City, UAE, gave a lecture on the role of robots in knee surgery.

The last lecture at the second session was presented by Professor Andy Carr, and discussed the changes in systems of implants and medical devices.

The third session included two lectures under the title «examination sound waves of the upper limbs» presented by Dr. Gita Harifi and Dr. Ahmed Najm.

Dr. Jamal Al Saleh, Head of the Rheumatology Department of Dubai Hospital, confirmed that the medical future holds many scientific innovations that will lead to a radical change in healthcare. In the future, a genetic modification is expected to prevent infection of five Chronic diseases, including heart, diabetes, cancer and blood pressure, in addition to chest diseases, a noncommunicable disease, but it is one of the most prevalent diseases globally and locally.

Al-Saleh pointed out that medical research is underway in this area, and that many results are expected to appear in the coming period, pointing out that genetic research has become a growing and growing interest, due to the importance of genes in the incidence or prevention of diseases.

He pointed out, in statements on the sidelines of the workshop, that there is a close link between genes and diseases of rheumatism, according to the genetic mutation of the person, where there is higher susceptibility to these diseases as the genetic mutation is larger and faster, stressing that genetic diseases have a close relationship with the skeletal system Of man.