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The Department of Health (former General Authority of Health Services for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi) was established in 2007 as part of a health system major reform. [1] [2] [3] In 2011 premarital screening and counseling were introduced with the Jawda initiative, a grading system for pharmaceutical services.
The World Bank ranked Dubai and Abu Dhabi as being the 2nd and 3rd, respectively, most popular medical tourism destinations in the region, behind Jordan. In first half of 2015, Dubai had attracted 260,000 medical tourists. [5]
The Regulation and Supervision Bureau was founded in 1999 following the passing of an Emirate law reference Law No (2) of 1998. During 1997 and 1998 a privatisation committee was formed by the Abu Dhabi Government to study the UK model of un-bundling and privatisation of the then Water and Electricity Department (WED) which was a government owned vertically integrated organisation.
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City was created in 2005 as a result of the merger of all publicly held healthcare organizations in Abu Dhabi island. The merged entities were: Abu Dhabi Central Hospital - built in the late 1960s and the oldest hospital in Abu Dhabi, it served as a 200-bed hospital until it was scaled down in 2003 to an emergency centre ...
It is expected to allow them to do business in the Free Zone [6] as well as in the mainland of UAE using the same business license. For Example, Sharjah Publishing City (SPC) Free Zone [ 7 ] offers a Dual License for the investors enabling them to easily offer services in the mainland [ 8 ] and Free Zone together.
Some emirates, including Dubai and Abu Dhabi charge a 20% flat corporate tax on the income of foreign banks based within their emirates. [ 25 ] Corporate tax return filing
Some financial free trade zones in Abu Dhabi and Dubai have their own legal and court systems based on English common law; local businesses in both emirates are allowed to opt-in to the jurisdiction of common law courts for business contracts. [4] [5] [6] The justice system in the UAE has been characterized as opaque.
Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport (Arabic: دائرة البلديات والنقل), is a regulatory authority of the Government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates that is responsible for overseeing and supervising the regional municipal councils and municipal administrations in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. [3] [4] [5]