Authorities in Kenya are turning to technology to help improve access to health care in the country’s more remote areas, where close to three-quarters of the population lives.
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Economic update | El gobierno de Colombia aumenta sus esfuerzos para bajar el precio de los medicamentos
29 Sep 2016
La decisión tomada por el gobierno colombiano de controlar el precio de uno de los medicamentos contra el cáncer más demandados está suscitando dudas acerca del balance apropiado entre ofrecer medicamentos accesibles y el fomento de la inversión en innovación.
La Tunisie cherche à moderniser son système de santé à l’aide d’un programme qui met l’accent sur les soins préventifs. Toutefois, les pressions accrues exercées sur la caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (CNAM) risquent de limiter le nombre de malades pouvant bénéficier de ce nouveau système.
Articles & Analysis | Events hosting plays a key role in Qatar's sports industry development from The Report: Qatar 2016
In the past decade or more, Qatar has started to assert itself in the world of global sports. It has achieved this mainly through its athletics federation and Olympic committee. The government has also made efforts to expand the role of sports and related industries, such as sports medicine, logistics and security, to create more opportunities...
Articles & Analysis | Private sector investment becomes the focus of Qatar's second six-year health plan from The Report: Qatar 2016
The large-scale investments of the past half-decade look set to continue driving Qatar’s health sector in 2016 in the final year of its six-year industry blueprint, National Health Strategy (NHS) 2011-16. With the population rising rapidly and household incomes well above the developed-world average – Qatar’s per capita GDP exceeded $100,000...
Articles & Analysis | New initiatives aim to fill skills gap in medical education in Qatar from The Report: Qatar 2016
Skills shortage is a challenge for the medical profession in Qatar. To meet rising demand for health care services, the country needs 150 doctors a year but graduates only five, according to Abdullatif Al Khal, director of medical education at Hamad Medical Corporation, the main health care provider. Foreign help is used to fill this gap, with...