Dr. Ahmed bin Salim Al-Mandhari

The Planning and Health Regulation Office focuses on enhancing individual and community health and well-being, as well as managing illnesses as they arise. The Office is concerned with its various divisions following two main areas: planning and health regulation in both the public and private sectors. The planning aspect relies on evidence-based planning methodology concerning the geographic distribution of various types of healthcare services and the healthcare institutions providing them. The health regulation works on establishing laws, legislation, principles, and guidelines regulating the work in the health sector through the six core components or “building blocks” of the healthcare system at the level of the World Health Organization. These components encompass healthcare services delivery, leadership, governance, financing, health workforce, health information, research, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, medical technologies, and technology.