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Making Supply Meet Demand: Qatar’s healthcare services

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

United Arab Emirates. Source: Arabs Live Longer, Battle Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease.   Specifically, SCH has increased the total number of hospital beds from 2,024 to 2,803 from 2006 to 2012. Overweight (BMI  >  25). Obesity (BMI  > 30). Saudi Arabia.

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Interoceanic Passages

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The establishment of "all-water routes" directly connecting Pacific Asia and the American East Coast was spurred by worries about the dependability of the landbridge connection, particularly in light of the increasing China-United States commercial relationship. The Panamanian government decided to enlarge the Panama Canal in 2006.

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