Access to health care is expected to improve as the government embarks on an ambitious programme of investment in health facilities. Between 2010 and 2014, the authorities plan to invest AD619bn (€5.69bn) to enhance the sector, with plans to renovate 320 health facilities and build 172 hospitals, 45 specialised centres, 377 polyclinics and 17 paramedical schools. In 2010 the government launched a...
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Chapter | Health & Education from The Report: Algeria 2013
As the single most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria recently overtook South Africa as the largest economy on the continent. Natural resources, oil and gas in particular, comprise the country’s single largest revenue-earner but the 170m person economy also has seen significant activity in recent years into the industrial, financial, telecoms and – as of 2013 – power sectors.
Considerable oil and gas revenues have provided the Algerian government with sufficient funds to embark on generous public spending programmes in nearly all sectors, leading to improvements in many of the country’s headline indicators.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Hossam Badrawi, Managing Director, Nile Badrawi Hospital; and Professor, Cairo University Medical School from The Report: Egypt 2013
How significant a concern is overcrowding in hospitals, and what can be done to overcome it?
Articles & Analysis | The next step: Traditionally a regional leader, the sector has had a difficult few years from The Report: Egypt 2013
After decades of improvements, Egypt has some of the region’s best public health indicators, and in some cases it delivers international-standard care. Nonetheless, the system, both public and private, faces significant challenges, including poor management and inefficient allocation of resources. A rising population, the changing disease profile...
Articles & Analysis | Promise and potential: Expanding access to and the quality of education is a priority from The Report: Egypt 2013
With 20m people in some form of education, Egypt has the largest student body in the MENA region. The sector can draw on a proud history – Cairo’s Al Azhar is the world’s oldest operating university, and there is strong cultural education – and after a post-independence drive to expand schooling, universal access to basic education is guaranteed....