45 Million Egyptians to Benefit from Improvements to the Public Health System
The World Bank announced today a new US$530 million project to support Egypt’s national goal of improving public healthcare, including expanding family planning services, scaling up its groundbreaking Hepatitis C program and supporting the new Universal Health Insurance System.
A Call for Private Investment in Gulf Health Care
[Sara Hamdan] With soaring health care costs and the consequent additional burden on state finances, analysts say governments of countries within the Gulf Cooperation Council must actively encourage private-sector investment to relieve excessive dependence on public finances, improve the quality of treatment and promote competition within the medical sector.
UAE sets out plan to become major global pharma hub
Country aims to double number of drugs manufacturing factories by 2021, attract more pharma firms.
The World Bank Health Indicators
Provides global average of a wide range of health indicators, such as mortality rate, life expectancy and birth rate.