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Welcome to the Weqaya web service. Weqaya is a service brought to you by HAAD to help you and your family live healthy, active lives, ensuring a long, happy future for the nation.
The Weqaya web service provides the following:
- Access to your personal health report following your Weqaya screening.
- Explanation of your health report and screening results to give you a better understanding of your own health status.
- Access to information and services directly relevant to your health status.
- Option to book appointments with doctors and clinics, and to opt in to health-related programmes tailored to your personal health needs.
When you activate your account you will see your Weqaya screening report. This report gives you a picture of your own health status. The report page of the website contains information to help you understand what your screening scores mean for your health, both now and in the future.
This website contains information to help you understand what actions you can take to improve your health score, and information on how to best manage an illness or condition you might currently have.
Understanding your Score
The report is based on the latest results available from your Weqaya screening. Your screening may have been some time ago, and your current health status may have changed. The Weqaya website service is here to show you what actions you can take to prevent illness and disease through healthy lifestyle and regular check ups with relevant healthcare services.
A list of frequently asked questions follows below. If you have concerns about your health and you'd like more information about the implications of your score, please contact your doctor, or call HAAD help line on 80061116
How to get the most from the Weqaya web service
The following are known to be dangerous health risk factors
- Being overweight
- Having diabetes
- Having hign blood pressure (Hypertension)
- Having high cholesterol
- Smoking
These risk factors affect a very large number of people in the UAE. Taking control of, or removing these risk factors means you'll live a longer, healthier life, avoiding preventable illnesses and earlier death.
UAE has one of the world's highest rates of diabetes and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease like obesity. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels, it is caused by the build up of fatty materials which thicken the blood vessel walls, and results in heart disease and stroke.
You can control the risks to your health posed by this and other diseases using the information provided here.
Weqaya screening has been conducted on more than 96% of UAE Nationals over 18 in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. By looking after your health and guiding your friends and family to do the same, you are contributing to the future health of our beloved nation.
Weqaya - for you, for your family and for your country
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