Saudi Arabia’s demographics and wealth give it unusual public health problems. Road traffic accidents are the second highest cause of death in a country where 65% of people are aged 30 years or younger (World Health Organisation). The youth hides the damage that obesity and diabetes will cause in future decades. Colorectal cancer is the highest cause of death in men, not prostate cancer like in most other countries, because of high meat consumption. The country has unusual public health solutions with a strong centralising state coordinating a massive transformation as part of Vision 2030.

Country’s healthcare system in a nutshell

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