Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Centers for Disease Control
Tel: +966 11 2125555
Riyadh 11176
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdullah Rshood Algwizani - Director
http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Pages/Default.aspx
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In 1925, King Abdul Aziz established the Public Health Department in Makkah to meet the needs of the kingdom’s health and environmental sectors. Hospitals and health centers were constructed across the kingdom, and the Public Health Department issued and enforced regulations to guarantee adequate standards for the practicing of medicine and pharmacology.
The Saudi Arabia Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) mission is to provide comprehensive and integrative therapeutic, rehabilitative, and supportive health care, in line with Islamic principles and medical ethics. The Saudi Arabia CDC carries out its mission to satisfy the needs of patients, their families and the community by increasing the public’s knowledge of health issues, as well as by providing the same standard of healthcare throughout the kingdom. It also strives to meet the needs of its employees by providing training and by rewarding them for doing their best to provide all patients with the highest possible standard of health care services.
A few recent achievements of the Saudi Arabia CDC include:
- An integrated health care project
- Establishing new departments and programs in the ministry
- Developing a comprehensive plan to improve human resource capacity
- Opening new hospitals
- Updating the infrastructure for a number of hospitals
- Controlling swine flu
- Establishing partnerships with institutions, universities, and international health organizations
- Scholarships for young health scholars
- Various research studies
Saudi Arabia Facts
POPULATION:
25,721,000
SIZE:
1,960,582 sq km
GDP (USD):
$576.8 billion
AVERAGE INCOME:
$24,500
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH:
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Stroke
- Influenza and Pneumonia
INFANT MORTALITY:
15deaths/1,000 live births
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN:
Male: 69
Female: 75
Source: WHO, World Bank, World Health Rankings