Tagged with Healthcare

China Better known for its panda sanctuary and spicy local cuisine, Chengdu could be the first Chinese city to offer mutual health insurance. Eric Bouteiller examines French firm VYV’s first steps into China and the potential impact of mutual insurance – whereby the insurance company is owned entirely by its policyholders…

Sweden Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death among both men and women in Sweden, followed by cancer and diseases of the nervous system.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker  

Egypt The 100 Million Seha (100 Million healthy lives) campaign, which kicked off on a national scale in October 2018 under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, aims to detect and eliminate Hepatitis C in Egypt by 2023. The ground-breaking initiative, organized by the Ministry of Health and Population, has…

Opinion Aditya Bhattacharji examines whether current healthcare models are truly fit for purpose and how healthcare is becoming a more politicised issue globally.   Globally, the healthcare sector is entering a lengthy period of heightened introspection. That process has been turbocharged by the resurgence of healthcare as a dominant social and…

Egypt Amro Kandil, managing director of Northeast Africa at GE Healthcare, emphasizes the company’s crucial role in improving healthcare in Egypt as part of a long-standing partnership with the Ministry of Health. He also explains why he has established education and after-sales services as two of his priorities leading the regional…

Spain With cost pressures mounting, Spain is increasingly turning towards digital solutions to maintain the high levels of care provided by its healthcare system.   Spain is at a point of disruption in which the healthcare system is facing big challenges; the solution to which has to be technology Angeles Delgado,…

Egypt Basyouni Abuseif, country president and CPO Head at Novartis Egypt, explains how the Swiss company has taken over the leadership position in the Egyptian pharmaceutical market despite economic and political challenges. He also highlights recent achievements of the government in fighting Hepatitis C, while emphasizing the need for more attention…

France Claude Le Pen, a prominent healthcare economist and consultant for IQVIA, shares his view on the state of French and European social dynamics today and outlines the key trends shaping France’s healthcare and life sciences sectors.   The intent of the government to transform the healthcare system is a step…

France Christophe Lala, general manager of western Europe for GE Healthcare offers an overview of the current dynamics impacting the French healthcare landscape – namely a shift in structure around care pathways and the hot trend of digitalization. Lala goes on to assess France’s willingness and capability to embrace this technology,…

Egypt After months of discussion, in December 2017 Egypt’s Parliament approved a new national health insurance law that aims to overcome some of the inherent problems in the current healthcare system and offer better medical services to the public.   We have studied enough, the time for implementation is now! Dr…

Opinion The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy-Making Act, recently signed into law in the USA, stands to make government data more accessible; thereby allowing researchers, statisticians and others inside and outside of government to make better, and evidenced-based, policy decisions. Carla Smith outlines the scope of the Act and its potential implications…

Malaysia Eurasia Group’s Aditya Bhattacharji discusses the relatively modest scope of Malaysia’s recently-launched ‘MYSalam’ scheme; a healthcare programme which aims to provide coverage to the country’s bottom 40 percent of earners.   For the time being, the outlook for the private sector, including for pharmaceutical firms, is good Another populist government,…