Search Tag: Saudi Arabia
2025 18 Oct
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 marks one of the most ambitious national transformation strategies in recent global history. Launched in 2016 by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the agenda aims to diversify the economy, reduce dependency on oil and modernise public services, including healthcare. Despite political and cultural differences from Western...Read more
2025 22 Aug
Saudi Arabia faces a rising elderly population and chronic disease burden, prompting urgent health system reforms. Structural barriers include unequal access, limited geriatric expertise and low digital literacy. Innovations like wearables, AI, telehealth and self-management programmes show promising results. Vision 2030 drives preventive care and...Read more
2016 18 May
Patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) develop more severe critical illness and have higher mortality than patients with non-MERS severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2016 international conference by investigators from Saudi Arabia, where 80 percent of confirmed cases...Read more