Healthcare planning forges ahead with fruitful results
By Hasan Kamoonpuri
(36th National Day briefing on healthcare in Oman)
OMAN'S healthcare sector has to its credit a host of impressive milestones in most areas, including life expectancy, infant mortality, human resources development, establishing public healthcare centres and expansion of private healthcare facilities. In the past 36 years, the country has witnessed rapid and significant changes in health and mortality patterns. The crude death rate had declined from 13.3 to only 2 per 1,000 people. Infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate have declined to 10.3 and 11.1 per 1,000 live births, down from 118 and 181 respectively. Most importantly, the average life span in Oman has increased from 49 years in 1970 to 74 years today.
(36th National Day briefing on healthcare in Oman)
OMAN'S healthcare sector has to its credit a host of impressive milestones in most areas, including life expectancy, infant mortality, human resources development, establishing public healthcare centres and expansion of private healthcare facilities. In the past 36 years, the country has witnessed rapid and significant changes in health and mortality patterns. The crude death rate had declined from 13.3 to only 2 per 1,000 people. Infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate have declined to 10.3 and 11.1 per 1,000 live births, down from 118 and 181 respectively. Most importantly, the average life span in Oman has increased from 49 years in 1970 to 74 years today.
