Healthcare in the

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

DR. SALAH AL MAZROUA

CURRENT HEALTHCARE SERVICES

MoH 60%

Other Government Sectors 20%

Private Sectors 20%

Hospital Beds (Per 1000 Capita - 2010)

Source: OECD Health Data 2011 (* 2008 * 2009) / MoH

1.7 2.2 2.3

3.2 3.4 3.9 4.0

8.3 8.5

14.0

3.9

Organization for Economic Cooperation

and Development (OECD) = 5.8

Central Hospital

General Hospital

Local Hospital A/B

Primary Care Center

Medical City

National Roll-out

Classification of Facilities

Current Future

249 MoH Hospitals

2,086 Healthcare

centers

114 Small

Hospitals

100 General

Hospitals

30 Main hospitals

62 Central

Hospitals

120 General

Hospitals

118 Local Hospital

2,736 Healthcare centers

5 Medical Cities

305

Hospitals

Accreditation

National accreditation program (CBAHI)

International accreditation program (JCI)

King Fahad Medical City (Central Region) King Abdullah Medical City (Western Region)

King Faisal Medical City (Southern) and Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Medical City

(Northern Region)

King Khalid Medical City (Dammam)

Private Sector

130 Private hospitals

2000 Private polyclinics

24 Pharmaceutical factories

Over 700 pharmaceutical companies registered in Saudi Arabia

Over 6000 registered pharmaceutical products

Presence of Japanese Investors

14 pharmaceutical companies

32 pharmaceutical products

Presence of Japanese Investors

S A J A

A joint venture between Saudi investors and leading Japanese pharmaceutical companies: Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. Astellas Pharma Inc.

Opportunities

Training for healthcare professionals

Institutional Partnership

Public-Private-Partnership

Transfer of Technology

Research

Health Facility Development

SUMMARY

Healthcare is a promising avenue for collaboration but requires robust business-to-government initiatives Opportunities are numerous and can be identified through the MoH 10-year strategic plan

THANK YOU...