Emirates Health Services provided 43,442 services under its school health programme in 2025, a figure that reflects the broad scope of preventive care offered to students within the school environment and underscores the growing role of schools as a primary point for identifying health, psychological, and preventive needs at an early stage.
Data showed that the services included 40,102 for national students and 3,340 for non-nationals, distributed across Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah — highlighting the programme's importance in building an accurate health database that supports monitoring of student health and the targeting of services according to the actual needs of each emirate and educational stage.
Fujairah recorded the highest number of school health services at 15,663, followed by Sharjah with 11,416, Ras Al Khaimah with 7,261, Dubai with 4,776, Ajman with 3,184, and Umm Al Quwain with 1,142.
The school health programme is considered one of the most important preventive health programmes, supporting the growth of children and adolescents across all educational stages by providing a healthy and sustainable school environment, promoting student health and well-being, maintaining their safety within the school community, and supporting early detection of health needs with timely intervention.
The programme is built on an integrated healthcare model that extends from the school level to advanced care when needed, ensuring that a student's health is not treated as a standalone service within the school but rather as part of an interconnected health system that tracks the student's health status and supports continuity of care.
In light of the rapid advancement of technology, the programme has been designed using smart systems and a centralised platform that enables more efficient management of student health data through an electronic medical file encompassing the student's health history and all health and preventive procedures provided to them. This contributes to improving the quality of follow-up and the accuracy of health interventions. The programme's electronic connectivity also enables two-way information exchange through electronic health records, enhancing coordination among schools, parents, and medical teams, and improving communication among all parties concerned with student health, including teachers, health staff, and administrative personnel.