United Arab Emirates, Dubai- 21st January 2008:  Emirates Bank, an Emirates NBD company, recently extended its support to the local educational community and its development through its platinum sponsorship of to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of UAE University's Alumni Exhibition.

Mr. Jamal Bin Ghalaita, Emirates NBD General Manager Consumer Banking and Wealth Management commented, "Emirates NBD has focused future plans to support the local academic culture in the UAE and through our support to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the UAE University, we hope to provide a foundation for Emirati Medical Students to ensure that they are not only successful graduates, but that they go on to promote quality public health, school health, preventive medicine, with the aim of an overall improved system of healthcare in the UAE."

Mr. Jamal Bin Ghalaita continued, "Emirates NBD looks into its sponsorship opportunities very carefully and selects sponsorships which it sees are the most beneficial to the country and its development.  Emirates NBD believes that the advance of a country starts with the education of its people and puts great significance on endorsements within this sector."

Acknowledged in 1994 by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) strives to produce Emirate doctors educated to the highest international standards. These medical graduates will help to promote quality public health, school health and preventive medicine, and to insure that individual patient care will be delivered within ever improving systems of health care. They will pave the way for less dependence on the professional work force from other countries to provide knowledgeable, skilled, sympathetic and cost-effective health care for all UAE residents.

The FMHS fully appreciates the importance of peer-reviewed scholarship and competitive research which are required in order to address medical and health care issues that are especially relevant in the UAE. Enabled by the dedicated support of His Excellency, The Supreme Chancellor, the FMHS already has an impressive record in establishing productive research programs. The research management infrastructure has been strengthened and methods of critical evaluation of research proposals continue to be improved. Importantly, regional and international enterprises have begun to accept the essential role of scholarship by the Faculty in advancing the frontiers of biomedical and clinical sciences.

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Reported by: Zeina El-Haj,Head of Marketing, PR, Event & Sponsorship,Retail Banking, Consumer Finance & Wealth Management,Emirates NBD
Reported on: 21.01.2008