U.S.-GCC country collaborations to increase health system capacity

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, colloquially known as the GCC, has experienced unprecedented population growth over the past two decades, with the region’s population nearly doubling between 2000 and 2017. With the exception of Saudi Arabia, countries across the GCC have seen their populations double to quadruple within this time period (Figure). The increase is even more significant when compared to the 12% population growth across all other high-income countries. With the simultaneous addition of 25.7 million…