The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MOHAP, represented by the Training and Development Centre, has organised the ‘Leadership and Innovation in Health’ training programme, in partnership with Australia's University of Monash and the Harvard Macy Institute of the USA, with the aim of training and developing the abilities of health sector leaders in accordance with international best practices.

The programme addresses several aspects of healthcare system design, health workforce planning, challenges to current health care delivery at national and global levels, innovation in health care systems, and leadership of change through transformation.

The programme enlisted 50 delegates from national and GCC organisations. Senior Healthcare professionals joined from the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, Dubai Health Authority, Mohammed bin Rashid University for Medicine and Health Sciences, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital in Dubai, Emirates Medical Association, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz University and the GCC Health Council.

Awadh Seghayer Al Ketbi, MOHAP’s Assistant Under-Secretary for Support Services, said that the region’s health sector is undergoing a huge transformation, and to keep abreast of this change, the ministry is constantly seeking to attract internationally recognised training programmes to help raise the efficiency and quality of performance of medical and nursing staff, which will in turn help achieve patient satisfaction by enhancing the quality of health services.