Health & Education
From The Report: Algeria 2017
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Over the past two decades, considerable progress has been made in the coverage and quality of health care services, with indicators improving steadily, alongside a decline in instances of communicable diseases. The opportunities for private sector growth and investment are strong, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. The Ministry of Education has maintained its commitment to improving the standard of education provided to Algerian citizens. Public schooling is free and obligatory up to the lower secondary level, and tertiary education is developing rapidly, following the government opening up the segment to private sector participation.

This chapter includes a viewpoint from Mokhtar Hasbellaoui, Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform; and an interview from Mohammed Dib, General Manager, Groupe Général Maritime.

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Overview

Shaping up: Updated strategies and prevention programmes raise health indicators, while new reforms aim to ease funding pressures
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Over the past two decades considerable progress has been made in the coverage and quality of health care services, with indicators improving steadily, alongside a decline in instances of communicable diseases. As a result, life expectancy at birth has risen from 68 years in 1995 to 76 years as of 2015, according to the latest World Bank figures. Despite the rise in life expectancy, mortality rates remain relatively high – the infant mortality rate stood at 22 deaths per 1000 live births…

Viewpoint

Access all areas: Mokhtar Hasbellaoui, Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform, on modernising and regulating medical practices to further socio-economic dynamism
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Viewpoint:Mokhtar Hasbellaoui Since its independence Algeria has experienced significant socio-economic development. Efforts in the health sector led to an increase in life expectancy, rising to 77 years in 2016 from 50 in 1962. Several projects in 2017 mobilised the country in terms of demographic evolution and societal dynamism, including making accessible specialised treatment in nephrology such as transplantation for patients with renal impairment. The People’s National Assembly has…

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Knuckling down: An overhaul of teaching methods and increased funding to raise the standard of learning at all schooling levels
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Despite strained public finances, the Ministry of National Education (Ministère de l’Education Nationale, MEN) has maintained its commitment to improving the standard of education provided to Algerian citizens. Public schooling is free and obligatory up to the lower secondary level, and additional assistance is provided to impoverished families, all of which has contributed to the country’s high enrolment rates. According to the most recent figures from the World Bank, the gross primary…

Interview

Investing in the future: Mohammed Dib, General Manager, Groupe Général Maritime, on enhancing training in the maritime sector
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Interview:Mohammed Dib How has maritime training capacity evolved? MOHAMMED DIB: The country owns an institute that trains navigators, but it always lacked the training resources for other maritime and logistics-related roles, which is why a dedicated, registered school for port, maritime and logistics management opened in 2015. Other important sectors under public control, such as rail transportation and oil and gas, have had dedicated training centres for a while. This new maritime training…