CATEGORY: Focus Reports
In the past several years Egypt carried out an IMF-backed reform programme to address the country’s fiscal position and improve the business and investment environment.
Faced with a significant rise in demand for health care services during the pandemic, technology has proven to be a useful tool in overcoming the capacity limits of health care facilities in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE. This report looks at how each of these markets reacted to the pandemic in its initial stages, the role of digital health services in improving access to information and how technology will reshape the landscape of health care provision going forwards.
Saudi Arabia was in the midst of a process of economic diversification when Covid-19 hit, as it sought to develop new non-oil growth engines and stimulate private sector job creation.