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Health Sector Research Highlights

The Report: Saudi Arabia 2024

Health & Life Sciences Sector Analysis

Saudi Arabia’s health and life sciences sectors are undergoing a transformation driven by the Health Sector Transformation Programme and the National Biotechnology Strategy, creating significant...

The Report: Qatar 2024

Health Sector Analysis

Qatar emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic in robust shape, delivering a vaccine programme that had, as of May 2024, delivered 7.6m doses. The successful organisation of the 2022 FIFA World Cup helped boost...

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?
 

The Report: Ghana 2024

Health & Education Sector Analysis

Ghana has made steady progress in improving access to health care for its citizens, including through the rollout of the National Health Insurance Scheme, which covered more than 17m people...

Health Sector Analyses

Overview

Private sector participation to modernise Saudi health care

There is cause for optimism in Saudi Arabia’s health and life sciences sectors, with the rollout of key government programmes transforming the way the Kingdom approaches medical care and scientific research. This presents notable opportunities for private sector investment – both domestic and international...


Interview

Fahad bin Abdurrahman Al Jalajel, Minister of Health

On how the sector’s strategies are actualising change in the Kingdom


Interview

Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Chairman, King Salman Centre for Disability Research

On implementing new technologies to help improve quality of life


Analysis

Biotech strategy strengthens Saudi Arabia’s talent pipeline

Saudi Arabia’s government aims to transform the Kingdom into a biotech centre by 2040, aligned with its long-term development blueprint, Vision 2030. The global biotech market has grown considerably due to the potential to transform human health and enhance operations across health, agriculture and chemicals...


Interview

Fahad Al Shebel, CEO, National Unified Procurement Company

On the strategies and technologies ensuring the efficiency and security of the domestic health care supply chain


The Report: Kuwait 2024

Health Sector Analysis

Kuwait’s education landscape is poised for notable change as the sector awaits the publication of a new national education development plan designed to align learning outcomes with the evolving needs of the...

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?

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?

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...