How can higher education in Tunisia be brought in line with the needs of the labour market?
Health
Displaying 559 - 564 of 1326
Interviews & Viewpoints | Tahar Ben Lakhdar, Co-founder and CEO, Esprit: Interview from The Report: Tunisia 2017
Chapter | Health & Education from The Report: Tunisia 2017
Health care has been a national priority for the Tunisian government since the country gained independence from France in 1956. A focus of continued investment, the health care sector has since seen the development of a nationwide network of public hospitals and health centres, with the country quickly becoming a model in North Africa. The combination of private sector investment and public...
The past two years have seen the Tunisian economy follow a gentle upward trajectory – one that falls short of the pace of expansion needed to reduce poverty and improve the revenue base, but that nonetheless exhibits a marked improvement over previous years.
A drive to promote the emirate’s health care sector is gaining traction, with the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) estimating that the sector’s value will rise to $2.4bn in the next two years, up from around $2bn last year.
Articles & Analysis | Micro-insurance and mobile technology increase Kenya's health insurance penetration from The Report: Kenya 2017
As Kenya looks to improve its health care financing environment, both the public and the private sector are turning to micro-insurance and mobile payment technologies to increase insurance penetration. The low level of health insurance in the market is one of the most significant challenges facing policymakers. According to a 2014 study by...
Articles & Analysis | Foreign investment grows private health care in Kenya from The Report: Kenya 2017
Kenya’s health care sector has benefitted from a substantial inflow of new capital in recent years, as private investors rush to take advantage of new growth opportunities in hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and human resource development. This comes as the country’s public health system copes with a patient capacity burden and insufficient...