India eyes USD 6.5 billion funding for medical tourism
India is trying to simplify procedures for foreign investors to invest in Indian hospitals and hotels. And it is forecasted that USD 6.5 billion flowing into the sector in the coming years.
Health financing insurance
ADB provides $400 million to expand health, education services for Indonesia’s poorest
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$400 million financial assistance package for Indonesia to improve education and healthcare services in the country’s poorest families.
Gates Foundation pledges $100 mn for global health research
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it has earmarked 100 million dollars to create a new fast-track grants initiatives to support the global health research.
Reliance Life on expansion spree
Reliance Life Insurance, one of the leading life insurance players in India, will invest INR 1000-1200 crore (US$ 250- 300 million) in 2-3 years to expand its insurance business.
US insurers keen on Indian tie ups
Keen to take advantage of low-cost healthcare in India, US insurance firms are drawing up attractive medical tourism packages with Indian hospitals to facilitate travel and treatment for its citizens there.
Bluewater plans healthcare foray; to invest Rs 500 cr
UK-based private equity firm Bluewater International Investment Ltd plans to invest Rs 500 crore in India to tap the lucrative healthcare sector by setting up a multi-speciality hospital with a medical training centre.
Apollo Unveils Health Insurance Company
The Apollo Hospitals Group in a joint venture with Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (DKV AG), Europe’s largest private health insurer recently announced its health insurance company, Apollo DKV Insurance Company Limited (Apollo DKV).
Khakwani invites Japanese companies to invest in telemedicine and telecom sector
State Minister for Information Technology Ishaq Khakwani has invited Japanese companies to invest in key telecommunication areas, including broadband and telemedicine, which offered a tremendous scope for growth in the country.
Indonesia’s fight against malnutrition to be supported by ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting efforts by the Government of Indonesia to reduce malnutrition among poor children and pregnant women to put the country on track to achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Microsoft India & IDRC extends funding support for teleconsultation initiative of Aravind Eye Hospital
Microsoft India and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada under their ‘Rural Innovation Fund’, have selected five organisations who will receive financial assistance to support and escalate their work on rural innovation.
Small business enterprise project for HIV-positive women in Asia
For helping women living with HIV/ AIDS to lead a life of dignity and economic independence, the UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme and Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (PDA) together have launched a “Women and Wealth Project (WWP)” in Cambodia, China and India.
Free cyber space for visually impaired
Chennai based NGO (non-government organization) has set up an Internet centre for visually challenged people to use cyber space for free.
