Etihad Airways hosted the fifth edition of its acclaimed annual Aviation Health Conference yesterday, which has been accredited for the first time by the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine.

The one-day event was the largest conference of its kind in the region, and attracted a strong line-up of industry-recognised physicians and experts from around the world to address the delegates at the Radisson Blu on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.

The agenda covered industry best-practices, as well as innovative solutions to the physical and psychological effects of working in all areas of aviation. The four main points of the day were corporate health promotion, airline aviation medicine, occupational medicine, and sleep and fatigue management.

Among the keynote speakers were Dr. Felix Porras from the Aerospace Medical Association, Dr. Susan Power from the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, and Dr. John Caldwell, NASA consultant and expert scientist in sleep deprivation and fatigue counter-measures.

Dr. Nadia Al Bastaki, Vice President of Medical Services at Etihad Airways, said, "We are delighted that the Aviation Health Conference is now in its fifth year and is viewed by industry professionals as the leading event of its type to promote aviation and occupational medicine in the MENA region."

The 2017 Aviation Health Conference was hosted by Etihad Airways and supported by the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, National Reference Laboratory, The American Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology, and Screen 4, the global testing and analysis experts.