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CCHO – Access to Medicine

Center for Clinical, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (CCHO)

Local insight.Global impact.

CCHO helps government health agencies, payers and drug developers across the Middle East and North Africa make better-informed healthcare decisions, with health economics, real-world evidence and market access expertise built in the region.

Latest · 8–11 November 2026 · Vienna

Meet Us at ISPOR Europe 2026

Our Policy, HEOR and PROM teams present 12 posters on real-world evidence, EQ-5D-5L valuation and health economics from the Middle East and North Africa.

Our mission

Access to Medicine

From evidence to patient access across the Middle East and North Africa.

Education · With Saint Joseph University of Beirut

HEOR University Diploma

The first university diploma in health economics and outcomes research designed for the Middle East and North Africa: 6 courses and a capstone project over 10 months, for working professionals anywhere in the world.

Research · United Arab Emirates

EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study in UAE

The UAE’s first EQ-5D-5L value set, built on how the UAE population itself rates health, with UAE University, the American University of Beirut and the Dubai and Abu Dhabi health authorities. Published in Value in Health.

Events and webinars

Where We Share Our Research

Congress posters developed with ministries of health in the region, and open webinars on health economics and patient-reported outcomes.

About CCHO

A Regional Team for Regional Decisions

Who we are

CCHO is a multidisciplinary team of health economists, epidemiologists, clinicians, policy analysts and academics. We generate the evidence that healthcare decisions in the MENA region rely on, advise on the access strategies and health policies that bring new treatments and technologies to patients, and train the professionals who make those decisions.

Who we are

Our team

Our researchers are multilingual (Arabic, English and French) and bring more than 20 years of combined experience in the pharmaceutical industry and public health.

Meet the team
3Offices (Riyadh, Dubai, Beirut) serving markets across the GCC, the Levant and North Africa
50+Peer-reviewed publications and congress presentations
20+Disease and therapeutic areas studied
5M+Patients covered by the claims and outcomes databases we work with

The 4 Pillars of Access to Medicine

Access to medicine across the MENA region is our guiding mission. Four principles shape how we work.

Clarity

Insight into MENA health systems, payer requirements and patient needs.

Credibility

Robust methods, and a clear understanding of who decides.

Connection

A broad stakeholder network across the Middle East and North Africa.

Our Solutions

Giving Back to the Ecosystem

Collaboration is one of our four pillars. Beyond our day-to-day projects, we invest in the people and the evidence that healthcare decisions in the region depend on: training the next generation of HEOR professionals with the region’s universities, and building local reference data such as EQ-5D value sets.

HEOR Diploma · With Saint Joseph University of Beirut

HEOR University Diploma

The first university diploma in health economics and outcomes research designed for the Middle East and North Africa.

10 months6 courses + capstone36 credits
About the diploma
United Arab Emirates · Completed

EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study in UAE

The UAE’s first EQ-5D-5L value set, based on interviews with 1,005 adults across all seven emirates. Published in Value in Health, 2025.

About the study
Qatar · Ongoing · Recruiting

EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study in Qatar

Developing a value set for EQ-5D-5L health states based on the preferences of Qatar’s general adult population, with Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar University and the EuroQol Research Foundation. Interim results will be presented at ISPOR Europe 2026 in Vienna.

Academic collaborations
  • Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ), Higher Institute of Public Health
  • American University of Beirut (AUB)
  • Lebanese American University (LAU)
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Events

All events

Meet CCHO’s Policy, HEOR and PROM teams at ISPOR Europe 2026

12 posters on real-world evidence, EQ-5D-5L valuation and health economics from the Middle East and North Africa.

See our poster schedule

Your voice matters: exploring Patient-Reported Outcomes and personalized healthcare

How PROs bring the patient’s perspective into treatment decisions, the measurement properties of PRO measures, and their place in Saudi Vision 2030.

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Work on the Questions That Decide Access to Medicine in MENA

We’re looking for people who care about health economics and outcomes research and want their work to reach patients. Join a team in Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh that lives by four pillars: Clarity, Credibility, Connection and Collaboration.

Apply to join us

Book a Complimentary Consultation

Tell us about your evidence or access challenge in the MENA region. We reply within two business days.