Step to boost Saudi Arabia’s health care sector

Step to boost Saudi Arabia’s health care sector

RIYADH: The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) has launched the first phase of a project aiming to uniformly collect data on the health insurance sector to boost the quality of health services in the Kingdom.. W20 calls for appointment of women in global task force to fight pandemics /node/1662311/saudi-arabia. The group called for greater protection for women in health care and as receivers of care. Expressing support for the idea of the formation of a new global health task force to tackle pandemics, the Women's Engagement Group urged ministers to appoint women to the proposed body.. "Women are a vital part of the health care infrastructure that is battling the pandemic head-on - both directly, as women comprise almost 7 out of 10 health and social care workers, and indirectly as unpaid caregivers, contributing $1.5 trillion to the global health economy even before these extraordinary times.. W20 also stressed the need to accelerate measures to include women in national and global COVID-19 response policy and operational spaces..