A package of health care reforms set to be introduced in Bahrain by early 2019 is designed to improve patient choice, while also enabling the private sector to play a greater role in provision. Although the introduction of a National Health Insurance Scheme is a central plank of the agenda, reforms considered as part of the National Health...
With the pending introduction of a national health insurance scheme, and an administrative transformation that promises to bind the kingdom’s hospital system more closely together to improve transparency, efficiency and patient care, the short-term prognosis for health care in Bahrain is positive. The government has devoted more of its national wealth to the sector than any of its Gulf...
In recent decades, pharmaceuticals production has expanded its geographical reach. This trend appears to be here to stay; in a 2015 survey of major pharmaceutical firms conducted by global consulting firm Strategy&, more than half of respondents anticipated that over 30% of their global sales would originate in emerging markets by 2018....
Following an announcement made in March 2017, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a CFA24bn (€36m) programme to strengthen Côte d’Ivoire’s health care supply chain management system. Known as Integrated Health Supply Chain Technical Assistance (IHSC-TA), the programme aims to increase the capacity of supply chain...
While the conflicts of 2002-07 and 2010-11 damaged infrastructure and restricted funding, recent years have seen the government invest in rebuilding the health sector from a low base. The 2012-15 National Development Plan (Plan National de Développement, PND) made valuable progress on key indicators such as the infant mortality rate and access...
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