Morocco Morocco is currently implementing the most ambitious, far-reaching, and comprehensive health system reorganizations in its history. “What sets this reform apart from all that has happened before is just how starkly it differs in spirit from previous incremental and piecemeal initiatives that have been attempted over the decades,” proudly asserts…
UAE A charismatic force at the forefront of the country’s health transformation efforts, Dr Amin Al Amiri currently serves as assistant undersecretary at the UAE Ministry of Health as well as chairman of the UAE Supreme National Blood Transfusion Committee. In conversation earlier this year at BIO2023, Dr Al Amiri touched…
Morocco With a generational universal healthcare reform underway in Morocco, the country’s Minister of Health and Social Protection Khalid Aït Taleb outlines why the ongoing updates to his country’s healthcare system far outweigh what has gone before in terms of scale and scope. Minister Aït Taleb also touches on digitalisation and…
Spain As Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, became the latest leader to call for COVID-19 to be treated as an endemic illness like the flu, regional health authorities warn that it might be too soon, going as far as calling it a “serious mistake,” an opinion echoed by the World Health…
Saudi Arabia In a recent royal decree, Saudi Arabia has appointed Fahad Al-Jalajel as its Minister of Health, replacing Dr Tawfiz Al-Rabia who had served since 2016. Here, we give a quick run-through of Al-Jalajel’s career thus far. The holder of a bachelor’s degree in computer science from King Saud University,…
Taiwan Shih-Chung Chen, Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China (Taiwan), gives an update on the Ministry’s current directives under the Biomedical Industry Innovation Program to bolster Taiwan’s biomedical and biotechnology sectors. Minister Chen goes on to explain how new technologies in digitalization and driving Taiwan’s standard of…
Spain Enrique Ruiz Escudero, Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid, discusses his strategy to maintain Madrid’s spot as having Spain’s leading healthcare system, the creation of the bio-region –‘Biomad’, and the city’s adoption of innovative telemedicine practices. You took the reins of the Ministry of Health of the Community…
Poland Marcin Czech, deputy minister and undersecretary of state at the Polish Ministry of Health, provides an in-depth perspective on Poland’s drug policy framework and the new medicines policy that aims to integrate pharmacoecomonics to ensure Poland can find an efficient balance between innovative and generic treatments for long-term stability. Furthermore,…
Canada Newly appointed minister of health of Canada, The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, shares the core tenets of her mandate, the Federal government’s priorities for investment into the Canadian healthcare ecosystem, as well as the strategic significance of the life sciences industry for the country. Healthcare was a core issue on…
Canada Claude Castonguay, former Minister of Health and Social Alliance of Québec, Canada, regarded as one of the founding fathers of Québec’s healthcare system, discusses his achievements within the healthcare space, his thoughts on the current healthcare reforms under way in Québec, and his conviction of the benefits of decentralization for…
Brazil In an exclusive interview, Minister of Health of Brazil Ricardo Barros provides insights into his main achievements since being appointed in May 2016 and his key priorities to further improve the management and delivery of Brazil’s public health system, while highlighting his expectations for pharmaceutical companies implanted in the country.…
Bulgaria Nikolay Petrov, Bulgaria’s minister of health, explains the five cornerstones of the country’s health strategy moving forward and highlights the role of the Ministry in finding common ground between patients, the industry, healthcare professionals, and the National Health Insurance Fund. What are the cornerstones of the Bulgarian health system and…
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