TFHC MIDDLE EAST

TFHC Middle East consists of partners from industry, knowledge institutes, NGO’s and healthcare providers working in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health to combine Dutch strengths in the Life Sciences & Health sector and to sustain and improve the relationship with countries in the Middle East. 

If you’re interested in the Middle East LSH Market, we would be happy to share our knowledge and information about current and future activities related to Middle Eastern countries with you.

What can we offer you?

• Partners from industry, knowledge institutes, NGO’s and healthcare providers working in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health to combine Dutch strengths in the Life Sciences & Health sector and to sustain and improve the relationship with Middle Eastern countries.
• A network with LSH knowledge from institutes, industry, and NGO’s that have proven their value in healthcare worldwide.
• Assistance to pursue comprehensive, innovative, and sustainable health sector developments. 

What do we want to achieve?

• Provide a structural contribution to the improvement and sustainability of healthcare in the Middle East with the use of Dutch expertise. 
• Pursue comprehensive, innovative and sustainable health sector developments, in which we stimulate collaboration, knowledge sharing, and respect and take into account the local needs and demands.
• Engage Middle Eastern health authorities, the private sector and other stakeholders involved in optimising healthcare.

What’s our intention?

• Stimulate collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Respect the local needs and demands in the LSH sector in the Middle East.
• Engage Middle Eastern health authorities, the (local) private sector, and other stakeholders involved in optimizing healthcare.

What have we done so far?

Every year, we’ll attend the Arab Health in Dubai.

Also, we have made some reports on the region which can be downloaded:

• Abu Dhabi | Report Healthcare 2012
• Gulf Region | Opportunities Life Sciences & Health sector
• Kuwait | Report Health Industry 2016
• Kuwait | Report Healthcare 2012
• Saudi Arabia | Report Healthcare 2012

What trend do we see in the Middle East?

It’s one of the fastest growing healthcare markets in the world. For example, large budgets are available for investments in healthcare.

Regional information

 Gulf Region

• Fact: To be successful, you’ll have to build and maintain reliable, stable relationships.
• Difficulty: To make and keep the new infrastructure operational, the Gulf region is heavily dependent on imports of medical devices, devices, and medicines, but the international competition is fierce.
• Chance: Good investment is being made in healthcare infrastructure and human capital is being built up so that more doctors and nurses are active per capita.
• The next years, we’ll:
  • attend the Arab Health in Dubai.
  • organize targeted activities in promising countries such as Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia.
  • explore the possibilities of providing a multi-year follow-up to the PIB in the Gulf Region

Northern Africa & Turkey

• Fact: these countries have similar healthcare challenges as the Gulf Region.
• Difficulty: these countries are poorer than the Gulf Region and have less budget to spend on health care

Israel

• Fact: Israel is an independently operating country in the Middle East.
• Difficulty: the very small healthcare market is almost completely self-sufficient in terms of innovation, product development and digitization.
• Chance: collaboration with innovative companies and organizations from Israel. 

Did we caught your interest, or do you have questions?

Fantastic! Feel free to contact us when you want to receive more information or if you have follow up questions. Please fill in our contact form in detail and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible!

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