Health Sector Research Highlights
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 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...
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
OverviewKuwait is improving quality of education and health care, and local talent
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 economy. The 2023 education budget, allocated 11.5% of total expenditure, underscores a commitment to quality improvement in line with the objectives of New Kuwait 2035, the country’s long-term socio-economic plan...
Interview
Ahmad Nasrallah, CEO, Dar Al Shifa Hospital
On challenges and trends shaping private health care
Analysis
Kuwait's university system building a knowledge-based economy
In September 2023 Kuwait’s newest public university, Abdullah Al Salem University (AASU), received its first batch of 605 new students for the 2023/24 academic year. Viewed by the government as a reflection of its efforts to become a strategic partner in the higher education sector, AASU and other public education initiatives are working to ensure that Kuwaiti citizens are prepared for the labour market...
Overview
How Abu Dhabi is attracting foreign investment in health care
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...
Analysis
How Abu Dhabi is creating an advanced, integrated health care system
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...
The Report: Misrata 2024
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...
The Health Sector in Emerging Markets
Economic ViewYendry 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...