TY - JOUR
T1 - Cooperating to improve healthcare in Arab countries
AU - Maged, Davide
AU - Ferrelli, Rita Maria
AU - Zorayan, Alessandra
AU - Di Pietro, Maria Luisa
AU - De Belvis, Antonio
AU - Ricciardi, Walter
AU - Boccia, Stefania
AU - Teleman, Adele Anna
AU - Sanguinetti, Maurizio
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This brief note presents a few examples of successful health collaboration to improve healthcare in Arab countries. Considerable growth has been noticed in the past years in the health sector of the Middle East and North Africa region countries due to the need to address health service capacity gaps and improve the quality of health infrastructure. The rising population coupled with the aging demographic is expected to drive healthcare demand in the Arab region, augmenting its demand. In order to meet this demand, a lot of progress within the public sector has been made and several initiatives have taken place to create awareness of the most common diseases affecting the region. Among the steps undertaken in order to face the shortage of experience of medical personnel and the rising cost of the delivery of health services, the most noticeable ones relate to major investments within the realm of healthcare provision. However, country-specific drivers of disease burden should inform financial and research investments, prevention efforts, health policies, and health system improvement initiatives for all countries along the development continuum. Moreover, health gains will need to be sustained by supporting interventions on income, education, and fertility as drivers of health improvement.
AB - This brief note presents a few examples of successful health collaboration to improve healthcare in Arab countries. Considerable growth has been noticed in the past years in the health sector of the Middle East and North Africa region countries due to the need to address health service capacity gaps and improve the quality of health infrastructure. The rising population coupled with the aging demographic is expected to drive healthcare demand in the Arab region, augmenting its demand. In order to meet this demand, a lot of progress within the public sector has been made and several initiatives have taken place to create awareness of the most common diseases affecting the region. Among the steps undertaken in order to face the shortage of experience of medical personnel and the rising cost of the delivery of health services, the most noticeable ones relate to major investments within the realm of healthcare provision. However, country-specific drivers of disease burden should inform financial and research investments, prevention efforts, health policies, and health system improvement initiatives for all countries along the development continuum. Moreover, health gains will need to be sustained by supporting interventions on income, education, and fertility as drivers of health improvement.
KW - Arab countries
KW - Capacity building
KW - Health cooperation
KW - Health systems
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
KW - Arab countries
KW - Capacity building
KW - Health cooperation
KW - Health systems
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/111236
UR - http://www.iss.it/binary/publ/cont/ann_17_04_09.pdf
U2 - 10.4415/ANN_17_04_09
DO - 10.4415/ANN_17_04_09
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-2571
VL - 53
SP - 330
EP - 333
JO - ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ
JF - ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ
ER -