With a new federal health bill in the works and steadily increasing private sector participation in many areas, Nigeria’s health care sector is potentially on the brink of a period of sustained expansion. In the six decades since independence, the national health care network has improved on a piecemeal basis, driven primarily by a handful of...
With a population of around 168.8m, and low levels of government spending on health care across the board, the provision of health services in Nigeria is defined by a series of challenges and constraints. The public network of health-related facilities, which includes clinics and hospitals at the community, state and federal levels, has been...
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...
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....
A substantial private health care segment already exists in Egypt, used by a fairly wide range of socioeconomic groups. The private sector largely coexists next to the public system, taking some of the strain off the latter and broadening the market. While a number of public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been pioneered, they have not been as...
The health care sector in Ras Al Khaimah is going through rapid changes as the government invests in infrastructure to support expansion. A growing population has led to soaring demand for new facilities and services. At the same time, rapid economic growth combined with longer life expectancy and a change in lifestyles has shifted the burden of...
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