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The Report: Kuwait 2025
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Health Sector Analysis

Education reform and the overhaul of both the Ministry of Education and the national curriculum are expected to strengthen academic outcomes in Kuwait. In parallel, sustained government prioritisation...

The Report: Saudi Arabia 2025
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Health & Life Sciences Sector Analysis

Health care in Saudi Arabia is undergoing a period of rapid transformation, driven by demographic shifts and the ambitions of the Saudi Vision 2030 national development strategy. Government...

Report: How Saudi Arabia’s private sector is driving health care transformation

Saudi Arabia’s health care sector is undergoing a structural transformation driven by Vision 2030’s reform agenda. With health expenditure rising and demand for advanced services growing...

How Saudi Arabia is transforming its health care sector

In this Market Profile video, OBG explores Saudi Arabia’s health care transformation in 2025, highlighting the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 goals. The video, produced in partnership with Hayat National Hospitals...

Special Reports on the Health Sector
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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...

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The Report: Qatar 2025
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Health Sector Analysis

Qatar’s health care sector has undergone a profound transformation over the past decade, evolving into one of the most advanced systems in the GCC. Underpinned by Qatar National Vision 2030...

Health Sector Analyses

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Education and health reforms bolster Kuwait’s economy
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Kuwait’s education sector traditionally prepared students for public sector employment, creating a growing skills gap with graduates who are underequipped for private sector jobs. Education reform, alongside an overhaul of both the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the national curricula, is expected to improve academic outcomes over the coming decades. At the same time, the prioritisation of health care by the government has helped transform that sector, adding modern infrastructure, facilitating access and improving the training...

Interview

Jalal Al Tabtabaei, Minister of Education
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on utilising digital tools to modernise the sector and develop human capital

Analysis

Investment and innovation boost digital platforms in Kuwait
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Revenue in the GCC digital health market is forecast to reach $2.58bn in 2025 and grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.93% to total $3.50bn by 2029. Kuwait’s digital health market generated approximately $540.3m in revenue in 2024 and is projected to reach $1.8bn by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 22.9%. At present, telemedicine is the largest contributor to the sector’s growth. In line with the modernisation objectives set out in New Kuwait 2035, the government is seeking to digitalise a wide range of medical services...

Overview

Regulatory reform underpins transformation in Saudi Arabia's health care sector
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Health care in Saudi Arabia is undergoing a period of rapid transformation, driven by demographic shifts and the ambitions of the Saudi Vision 2030 national development strategy. Government spending has risen to modernise infrastructure, diversify services and improve quality, while a comprehensive health care reform programme is expanding access across the country and introducing international standards. The sector is also opening to private investment, creating an increasing number of opportunities for growth as the...

Interview

Hisham bin Saad Aljadhey, CEO, Saudi Food and Drug Authority
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On harnessing science and automation to strengthen food and drug oversight

The Report: Oman 2025
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Education & Health Sector Analysis

Oman’s education and health sectors have undergone significant transformation in recent decades, driven by long-term development strategies and effective mid-term plans...

The Health Sector in Emerging Markets

Economic Views

Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman, Al Faisal Holding

On how private sector leadership is shaping Qatar’s next phase of growth

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...

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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...

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