What is the best healthcare system in the Arab World

The best health system in the Arab world

The extent of the development of the health care system is very important for both individuals and societies, and it is of great interest in the world and in some countries of the Arab world because of its positive effects on different peoples, improving their lifestyle and increasing their reassurance in the event of their illness. It is no less important than other areas of Education, politics, and the economy, and it can be said that all these fields are interlinked together to form a sophisticated and effective state system at all levels.

According to the World Health Organization, the global life expectancy of individuals has increased significantly, and this indicates the rise in the quality of health care at the global level as there is a close relationship between the life expectancy of an individual with the quality of his health care system.

Many factors are taken into account when it comes to the effectiveness of the health care system, including the workforce and equipment, and how it is accessed. Health care and its development and renaissance require high costs that countries with low national income cannot afford, however in these rich countries, health care costs are often very high.

The performance of the Arab countries in general was not good in their global ranking with regard to the health aspect. Many Arab countries suffer from lack of stability and continuous wars that have exhausted their health sector greatly, in addition to the misuse of the energy of Arab youth and leaving them in the quagmire of loss, pain and deprivation.
Many of the Arab countries came in lagging ranks compared to the rest of the world, noting the superiority of the rich and oil-rich countries at the expense of the rest of the countries, and we mean here the Gulf countries in particular. The United Arab Emirates ranked first in the Arab world, followed directly by the State of Qatar to be at the forefront of the Arab countries Global Prosperity Index.

Who are the best health systems in the Arab world?

We mentioned that the UAE ranked first in the Arab world, one degree superior to Qatar, but in another classification, Qatar ranked first in the Arab world and 18th globally, due to the different criteria that were evaluated in showing the results.

To clarify this, we have mentioned the features of each system with a mention of the reasons for the UAE’s Arab superiority according to the “Global Prosperity Index” so that dear reader can know the exact situation and determine the indicator on which it will depend.

The healthcare system in the United Arab Emirates

The UAE is considered the best Arab country in the field of health care, yet it has achieved a relatively late rank compared to the rest of the world, as indicated by the “Global Prosperity Index”, which ranked it 47th out of 167 countries around the world.
The UAE has invested heavily in the health field over the past few years and consistently emerges as the largest healthcare system in the region in annual statistics.

The healthcare system in the Gulf states is divided into a “comprehensive health service funded by the government and a rapidly developing private health sector”. The UAE also boasts significant spending on healthcare and its hospitals have been technologically advanced, in addition to the government allowing and supporting the expansion and development of centers equipped with the latest high-tech medical equipment.
The state’s expenditures in the field of health care reached 3.4% of the gross domestic product, as the UAE for a long time raised the budget of the Ministry of Health with the aim of achieving a complete renaissance in the medical field. The UAE now owns 40 public hospitals distributed throughout the country, compared to only 7 hospitals In the year 1970 AD.

The health care system in the United Arab Emirates has been of great importance to the country, as it is considered a good source of national income, as it is a source of hard currency that is collected through medical tourism in it. It has a new vision for healthcare to improve the already modern facilities by 2021.

It can be said that the reason behind the UAE’s health leadership over the rest of the Arab world is the richness of its ruling regime and its strong oil economy, in addition to the stability that it is working hard to maintain, despite its interference in the affairs of other countries, trying to change things in them in order to increase its power and influence. Global.

The healthcare system in Qatar

We also mentioned here the State of Qatar because of its superiority over the Emirates in some other health classifications and by a large difference as well as it can also be considered in the same rank with the Emirates according to the “Global Prosperity Index”, where the State of Qatar came directly after the UAE in this arrangement in the field of public health and achieved 48th place globally There is almost no difference compared to the forty-seventh Emirates rank.

Healthcare spending in Qatar is among the highest in the Arab world, with $4.7 billion invested in healthcare in 2014, an increase of $2.1 billion over 2010. The country’s number one healthcare provider is Hamad Medical Corporation, It is a health institution set up by the government on the basis of being a non-profit health care organization.

Qatar has not failed to make any effort or budget to ensure that its medical field is always progressing, which has naturally led to the enhancement of the standards of its healthcare system. Over the past three decades, the country has invested in building hospitals, laboratories and medical centers in addition to focusing also on appointing medical specialists From all over the world with high experience and certificates.

These investments have led to a significant improvement in the provision of medical services and in the health status of the population, according to the World Health Organization. The World Health Organization also reports that life expectancy has increased significantly in the country, “reaching 74 years in 2002, compared to 53 years old in 1960.
Featured in the 2014 GCC Healthcare Report, Qatar’s healthcare sector was rated as the fastest growing in the GCC with Qatar being considered one of the smallest and wealthiest countries in the world.

The number of hospital beds in Qatar was relatively few compared to its neighboring countries, and the availability of doctors in Qatar is the highest in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, health care is usually free or highly subsidized, and Qatar is currently setting up a system of compulsory health insurance aimed at providing health cover Essential for all segments of society, including newcomers and foreign residents.

Who are the best Arab countries in health care?

We have found with you through this article that the first place in the list of the best Arab countries in health care is occupied by two countries, the Emirates and Qatar.

What is the ranking of the Arab countries in terms of health care?

• United Arab Emirates
• Qatar
• Kuwait
• Bahrain
• Amman
• Saudi Arabia
• Algeria
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Tunisia
• Libya
• Morocco, West, sunset
• Egypt
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Djibouti
• Iraq
• Sudan
• Comoros
• Mauritania
• Yemen
• Somalia

Translated from: dr-reporter