UAE Global Health Institute to address health problems

The United Arab Emirates University has announced the launch of the UAE Global Health Institute. The institute, which will be based at the UAEU campus in Al Ain, will conduct research with partners to address health problems for the nation and the region. The initial areas of research will be epidemiology, ethnography, migrant health issues, epidemic disease and air transport and areas surrounding refugee health. The primary partnership will be with the University of California System-wide Global Health Institute, with more planned with Yale, Bergen, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.