The Middle East Health

Rising health care costs, ageing populations and changing lifestyles in emerging economies are stoking demand for medical technology (medtech) solutions. These entail not just smart devices that remotely monitor and transmit biometric data, but any instance of technology that helps to deliver health services. These initiatives are happening...

In recent decades, the pharmaceutical market has expanded its geographic reach. This trend appears to be here to stay; in a survey of major pharmaceutical firms conducted by global consulting firm PwC’s Strategy& team, more than half of respondents anticipated that over 30% of their global sales would originate in emerging markets by 2018...

One of the biggest challenges for health services worldwide is that of human resources. Finding and keeping the best doctors and nurses, administrators and technicians in an increasingly competitive and globalised sector requires a range of approaches. For Dubai, whose population and workforce has a high concentration of expatriates, personnel...

The pharmaceutical market has expanded its geographical reach in recent decades, and this trend appears to be here to stay. In a survey of major pharmaceutical firms conducted by global consulting firm PwC’s Strategy team, more than half of respondents anticipated that over 30% of their global sales would originate in emerging markets by 2018...

Although major health indicators have improved in recent decades, a growing and ageing population, an elevated incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and rising care costs have weighed on Bahrain’s health sector in recent years.

In recent decades there has been a major improvement in the quality of health care in Oman. Rising living standards have greatly reduced the impact of contagious diseases, though the high rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), common among many GCC countries, continue to climb. Despite feeling the impact of the fiscal austerity caused by...