MANAMA: Countries in the region are faced with a key challenge – to improve pensions, enhance their sustainability and contribute to economic growth and security at a time of key socio-economic change, according to Supreme Council for Health president Lieutenant General Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.
Dr Shaikh Mohammed, who is also chairman of the Al Hekma Society for the Retired, told the third Annual Middle East and North Africa (Mena) Pensions Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay that there is an urgency to build awareness of the need for retirement planning for society and region .