Health

Diagnosing Healthcare in the GCC

May 16, 2017

Middle East

May 16, 2017

Middle East
Melanie Noronha

Principal, Policy & insights

Melanie is a principal at Economist Impact. She has over ten years of experience delivering consulting and thought leadership projects to public, private and not-for-profit organisations. Based in Dubai, she leads the Middle East and Africa team on research across a range of sectors including food sustainability, recycling, renewable energy, fintech, trade and supply chains. She is a specialist in advanced recycling technologies and international trade. She is a seasoned moderator, having chaired numerous panel discussions and presented Economist Impact's research at global in-person and virtual conferences.

Before joining The Economist Group, she was a senior analyst at MEED Insight, a research and consulting firm serving Middle East and North Africa. At MEED, she developed expertise in bespoke market studies and financial modelling across a range of sectors spanning construction, finance, power and water, oil and gas, and renewable energy. She held previous posts at the Office of the Chief Economist at the Dubai International Financial Centre and at the San Francisco Center for Economic Development. Melanie has an MSc in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St Andrews and a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

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Doctors should be incentivised on patient outcomes instead of tests administered.

Diagnosing healthcare in the GCC: A preventative approach is an EconomistIntelligence Unit (EIU) report, sponsored by Abbott. It reviews the health challengesfacing the population in the six Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE—and highlights the need for earlydiagnosis and preventative healthcare strategies. The report investigates publichealth strategies and the delivery of healthcare in the Gulf to identify areas requiring improvement, with a focus on early diagnosis and preventative care. 

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