Under the national health policy, adopted in 2010, Gabon is seeking to provide better quality care to its citizens. Plans to upgrade and build new health care facilities are under way, while a national health insurance scheme being rolled out will increase access to health care throughout the country, providing free care and access to medicine. The government hopes to offer universal health care...
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Chapter | Health & Education from The Report: Gabon 2012
Since 1953, when oil was first discovered near Port-Gentil, Gabon’s economy has been dominated by the petroleum industry. According to the BP “Statistical Review of World Energy 2012”, Gabon is the sixth-largest crude oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa and has the region’s fourth-largest proven reserves.
Articles & Analysis | Game of thrones: The country’s footballers are sporting royalty in Africa from The Report: Egypt 2012
Egyptians have a great enthusiasm for association football, borne of a long history of the sport in the country, the success of the national team and the intense rivalry that characterises the game at the domestic level. Paintings on Ancient Egyptian temples depict balls being kicked. The modern game arrived around the 1880s, when Egyptians...
Articles & Analysis | Untapped potential: Efforts to secure private financing for care facilities from The Report: Egypt 2012
Successive Egyptian governments have made a priority of improving and expanding health care. Most have tended to invest in tertiary care, targeting the large hospitals in the country’s major cities. However, in a new, more democratic Egypt, extending care to those Egyptians with less access will become an important priority. With demands on the...
Articles & Analysis | Real progress: Literacy rates keep improving and changes are taking place at all stages, especially the tertiary level from The Report: Egypt 2012
Educational shortcomings across Arab nations were widely discussed following the publication in 2002 of the inaugural Arab Human Development Report. Written by international and Egyptian experts under the auspices of the UN Development Programme, the report offered a scathing review of the state of education in the Arab world. Egypt was no exception...
Articles & Analysis | Ensuring equal access: Addressing the need for better service delivery, while pharmaceuticals posts strong results from The Report: Egypt 2012
By most accounts, Egypt has made remarkable progress in improving the health and welfare of its people over the past 30 years. The country’s disease profile resembles that of more developed countries. Immunisation rates, life expectancy and infant mortality have all improved markedly, with much of this progress being brought about by a concerted...