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The Report: Abu Dhabi 2023

Health Sector Analysis

Abu Dhabi’s health care sector is flourishing, contributing progressively to the emirate’s GDP growth. Government strategies and initiatives aim to attract more private investment, resulting in the establishment...

The Report: Misrata 2023

Education & Health Sector Analysis

While there are numerous primary and secondary institutions dispersed throughout Misrata, higher education is concentrated at Misurata University. Significant efforts have been made to overhaul...

Special Reports on the Health Sector
Focus Report

Focus Report: Ongoing efforts to strengthen Nigeria's health sector

Nigeria has made tangible progress on health indicators in recent years, although structural challenges remain. While the government will continue to play a central role in the pursuit...
Covid-19 Response Report

Report: Major post-pandemic transformations in Egyptian health care

Egypt’s universal health insurance and large national health campaigns have sought to deliver improved health outcomes and broader access to care. Although Covid-19 has affected overall economic activity...
Covid-19 Response Report

Report: How is the pandemic shaping the future of Abu Dhabi’s health care sector?

Sustained investment and foresighted policy initiatives meant that the UAE and Abu Dhabi had developed a modern and effective public health system prior to the pandemic, supported by a growing number...

Focus Report: Ongoing efforts to strengthen Nigeria's health sector
Report: Major post-pandemic transformations in Egyptian health care
Report: How is the pandemic shaping the future of Abu Dhabi’s health care sector?
 

Health Sector Analyses

Overview

How Abu Dhabi is attracting foreign investment in health care
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Abu Dhabi boasts an advanced health care sector with quality provision of services. Indeed, the response to the Covid-19 pandemic from both federal and emirate-level government health authorities received recognition from international health and humanitarian organisations. The sector’s contribution to Abu Dhabi’s GDP has been trending upwards for a number of years, with government initiatives and strategies aimed at attracting higher levels of private investment bearing fruit. The result is that a number of international...

Interview

Mansoor Al Mansoori, Chairman, Department of Health (DoH)
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On leveraging technology and start-ups to transform health care

Analysis

How Abu Dhabi is creating an advanced, integrated health care system
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The national Emirati Genome Project was announced in December 2019. Through the project, the federal government aims to obtain comprehensive data regard-ing the genetic make-up of the country’s population in order to raise the efficacy of medical interventions, diagnoses and treatments, boosting the quality of patient outcomes. Genomic mapping relies on DNA-se-quencing technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), and, as such, the project is both driver and beneficiary of the UAE’s aim to implement advanced...

Analysis

Health tech innovation improves patient outcomes in emerging markets
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After a surge in uptake during the Covid-19 pandemic, the telehealth industry is courting new investment to further innovation and increase access to care in emerging markets. Digital health companies raised a record $57.2bn in global venture capital funding in 2021, a 79% jump from the $32bn raised in 2020, with 30% of the total directed towards telehealth. An estimated $140bn in private sector finance will be needed annually between 2015 and 2030 to realise the UN’s health-related Sustainable Development...

Overview

Why the private sector is key in developing Misrata’s health care sector
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The health care sector in Libya is on an upward trajectory following the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic. With Libya and Misrata having implemented policies to deal with challenges related to the pandemic, private enterprises have the potential to play an essential role in the development of the sector going forwards. With the support of domestic and international entities, new infrastructure and funding mechanisms are being developed to support care provision. In March 2021 the renovation and expansion of Misrata...

Interview

Abdulhamit Karanfil, Chairman, Libyan Turkish Hospital
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The pandemic significantly impacted Libya’s health care, including in Misrata, posing challenges to an already vulnerable system. Limited resources hindered effective response. Yet, the crisis highlighted the industry’s importance and the role of the private sector in improving care. With Misrata and Libya moving past the pandemic, the health care sector is undergoing notable changes. Private sector hospitals are adapting to the evolving medical landscape and implementing necessary measures to ensure the safety and well-being...

The Report: Saudi Arabia 2023

Health & Life Sciences Sector Analysis

Saudi Arabia places health care at the centre of its long-term development plans, guided by the Vision Realisation Programme under Vision 2030, the Kingdom’s blueprint for socio-economic...

The Health Sector in Emerging Markets

Economic View

Yendry Ventura, CEO, Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (ADSCC)

On how investment can democratise access to advances in medical technology

Economic News

Can health tech close the care gap in emerging markets?
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After a surge in uptake during the Covid-19 pandemic, the telehealth industry is courting new investment to further innovation and increase access to care in emerging markets. Digital health companies raised a record $15bn in global venture capital funding in the first half of 2021, up 138% year-on-year, with 30% of the total directed towards telehealth. An estimated $140bn in private sector finance will be needed annually between 2015 and 2030 to realise the UN’s health-related Sustainable Development Goals...

Vidcast

Morocco is positioning itself as an exporter of medical devices in West Africa

Bernardo Bruzzone, Africa Regional Editor, Oxford Business Group (OBG), recently spoke with Naoufal Lahlou, CEO of Promamec. The topics covered during this discussion were centered around the role that Morocco plays in the development of the health sector in several West African countries. Among the topics that were discussed, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area and government support measures were highlighted as two points that can contribute to the growth of Moroccan exports of medical...

Focus Report

Focus Report: Investment opportunities in West Africa's health sector

With over 391m inhabitants in 2019, West Africa is home to nearly 37% of the sub-Saharan population, but with the exception of South Africa, the subregion relies almost entirely on imports to meet its medical device needs, and local production remains relatively low. However, the paradigm shift brought about by the pandemic and expected growth of 3.5% in ECOWAS in 2021 bodes well for a revaluation of national health budgets and the need for medical devices. Leveraging its strong historical links with the continent and key...

Covid-19 Response Report

Report: The emergence of new health care practices in Mexico

Front and centre in the fight against Covid-19, the Mexican health care sector embraced digitalisation and adopted new strategies to redesign service offerings. This report covers the country’s preparedness factors, and focuses on the health care sector’s response strategy to the pandemic as well as the recovery trends being observed today. The health challenges faced in Mexico, as in many emerging markets, gave rise to unique response and recovery paths charted by public and private players in the health care industry...

Economic News

Vaccine rollout in Latin America: which countries are setting the pace?
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As the global Covid-19 vaccine rollout continues, Latin American governments have seen their own vaccination strategies meet with varying levels of success. While some countries are among the world’s leaders in terms of per capita progress, others are struggling with the challenges presented by mass immunisation. With the pandemic having a significant impact on Latin American countries in both economic and public health terms, a successful vaccine rollout is critically important to the region’s recovery...

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