Global healthcare BPO eyes buyouts in India
Global healthcare, legal and publishing business process outsourcing (BPO) company SPi is looking out for suitable acquisitions in India.
Health and nutrition package for Laos from ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is assisting the Government of Lao People
Ghana’s Health Sector gets a US $ 40 million boost
Recently the government of Ghana received an approval of funding from the World Bank Board, amounting 40 million USD. This funding will finance two health sector projects (i) Health Insurance Project – US$15 million and (ii) Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survival Project
SMS service to provide free malaria information to UK travelers
Healthcare specialist iPLATO has developed text messaging service, which will allow citizens of UK to receive immediate and free travel health information regarding malaria.
ADB is supporting Philippines in combating spread of HIV/ AIDS
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will sponsor a programme to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS by raising awareness among high-risk groups in the Philippines in partnership with the government’s Department of Health, members of the private sector and non-government organizations.
ADB would be hosting symposium on ‘Ten Year After the Crisis’
Top finance officials from various Asian countries will be gathering at the Asian Development Bank in Manila on 2 July, 2007 for an international symposium titled ‘Asia is Moving Forward: Ten Years After the Crisis’.
Integrating Medical Information With Open Source
Nonprofit organization Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) believes that open-source software can integrate systems and share various medical related information in the local healthcare industry.
New program to control tuberculosis by the UN
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership on 21 July, 2007 launched a US$ 2.15 billion two-year programme to save over 100,000 lives.
Telemedicine service goes mobile in India
Now, telemedicine services have become mobile. Chennai (India) based Space Hospitals is providing the telemedicine facility by networking referral hospitals.
India to use one-fourth World Bank loan to improve healthcare services
India will use about one fourth of the World Bank USD 3.8 billion loan to improve healthcare services in the country.
Apollo establishes Asia’s first health city in Hyderabad, India
Apollo Hospitals Group has launched Apollo Health City in Hyderabad, India, the first functional health city in Asia.
