“This system includes many services, including licensing a new facility or branch, changing the classification of the facility, adding a service, transferring ownership, changing the address, changing the name, and closing the facility or one of its branches,” NHRA chief executive, Mariam Al Jalahma told GDN Online. This week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) opened its 152nd office, in Manama. Bahrain became the first capital in the Middle East to be dubbed a “Healthy City” by the WHO earlier in the year.
THE LARGER CONTEXT ON THE RECORD
The Kingdom’s digital transformation is part of the Bahrain Economic Vision 2030, which was first unveiled in 2008. The country is among those in Asia with the highest E-Government Development Index (EGDI) values, as per a 2020 report by the United Nations. It ranks just ahead of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), but behind the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “The WHO was monitoring the response of member states and what was accomplished in Bahrain deserves to be acknowledged,” said WHO representative and Bahrain Head of Office, Tasnim Atatrah, during the latest WHO office launch on Monday.