Overview

• Abu Dhabi’s Ifhas program reports more than 140,000 beneficiaries with a 40% year‑on‑year increase, using AI and big data to identify high‑risk individuals for early intervention.
• This year the screening bundle added reproductive health checks for ages 20–35, memory testing for over‑50s, earlier clinical breast exams for ages 20–39, retinal imaging, broader labs, and mental‑health screening.
• Thiqah cardholders aged 18 to 75 can receive comprehensive checks every three years, with abnormal results routed to specialists to reduce complications.
• Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City’s electrophysiology lab has performed over 1,000 successful ablations and completed Abu Dhabi’s first pulsed‑field ablation, while Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has conducted more than 4,600 heart surgeries since 2015 with substantial structural interventions.
• Clinicians highlight modifiable risks and subtle early signs such as sudden fatigue, breathlessness, mild chest pain, and occasional palpitations, as global research shows nearly all major cardiac events are preceded by identifiable risk factors.