In 2019, the UAE ranked first in 7 global indicators in the field of health, according to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority.
A report issued in this regard indicated that the UAE has succeeded in achieving the first position in the world in the HIV prevalence index issued in the Tourism and Travel Competitiveness report, and the existence of national programs for early detection, the index of lack of health problems, the index of the extent of health care coverage, and the index Undernutrition rate, the indicator for the incidence of malaria per 100,000 people, and the index for the prevalence of stunting in children under five years of age, issued in the report of the global prosperity 2019.
The first centers achieved by the health system in the country at the level of global competitive indicators for the health sector reflect the size of the qualitative leaps and achievements achieved by the sector over the past decades, in line with renewable health challenges and keeping pace with health care systems in the world with the testimony of international experts, and the World Health Organization.
The national agenda for the UAE vision 2021 looks forward to implementing a health system based on the highest international standards and establishing the preventive aspect, reducing the rate of cancer and lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and the heart, to achieve a healthy life and long life.
The national agenda seeks to reduce the level of smoking prevalence, and to develop the health system's readiness to deal with epidemics and health risks, to make the UAE the best in quality of health care by 2021.
Health care and community protection in the UAE account for 8 percent of the total federal budget for the year 2020, while the health sector is one of the most developed sectors in the country and the growth rate in investment in the health sector is expected to reach more than / 300% / during the ten years Coming ..
The total number of hospital beds across the country is expected to increase to 14,000 beds by the end of 2020, compared to 8,000 in 2010.
And the UAE ranks first in the world in the number of accredited health facilities, including hospitals, which have more than 85 percent of them international accreditation according to reports of the Joint International Committee for Accreditation of Health Establishments «JCI».
Thanks to the growing international confidence in its health sector, the UAE has become one of the best global destinations for medical tourism in the world, where medical tourism sales in the UAE recorded 12.1 billion dirhams in 2018, with a growth rate of 5.5 percent compared to 2017, according to an analysis conducted by the Dubai Chamber of Industry and Trade in the middle of the year the past.