Health
From The Report: Qatar 2020
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The development of new facilities is set to continue in the coming years, with a raft of new hospitals and clinics under way across the country in order to meet growing demand for medical services. Another key focus in 2020 will be on the government’s ongoing plans for a national health insurance scheme. The role that this new law envisions for private sector operators will be a determinant of investment and growth potential, particularly as pressure on the public sector continues to rise with the growing incidence of non-communicable diseases and the more recent threat posed by Covid-19. This chapter contains an interview with Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health and Managing Director, Hamad Medical Corporation.

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Overview

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Through a healthy stream of public investment and support, modern facilities and an innovative medical technology (medtech) segment, Qatar has established itself as a global leader for health care. In the 2019 Legatum Prosperity Index produced by the Legatum Institute, a UK-based think tank, Qatar ranked 48th out of 167 countries for health, with a score of 76.07 out of 100, the third highest in the MENA region. The country’s per capita health spending is also among the highest in the Middle…

Interview

Expanding capacity: Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health; and Managing Director, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), on building upon recent advances in care delivery
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Analysis

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Overview

Promoting pharmaceuticals: As health care provision expands, demand for both local and imported pharmaceutical products is rising
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In recent decades, the pharmaceutical market has expanded its geographic reach. This trend appears to be here to stay; in a survey of major pharmaceutical firms conducted by global consulting firm PwC’s Strategy& team, more than half of respondents anticipated that over 30% of their global sales would originate in emerging markets by 2018. Even in the most newly opened markets, drug companies have seen growth: forecasts for Myanmar, for instance, indicate that pharmaceuticals could quickly grow into a $1bn industry. As governments and companies take note of this high potential, both are pursuing development in the face of cross-cutting…