THE expatriate health insurance programme will be soft-launched across the kingdom by the end of the third quarter this year.Hakeem, which means ‘wise’ in Arabic, is a comprehensive insurance programme for expats that was formerly known as the Private Co-operative Health Insurance Programme.Details of its progress were shared with private healthcare providers and insurance companies during a roundtable discussion at the third edition of the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) Conference and Exhibition by the Supreme Council of Health’s (SCH) secretary-general Ebrahim Al Nawakhda.He said that the programme will be piloted in September.