Tag: Asia
Dr Poonam K Singh gets 2nd term as Regional Director of...
The World Health Organization's Executive Board has unanimously endorsed Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, who was earlier also unanimously nominated by 11 Member countries of the Region for another five years
Asia Pacific policymakers & mayors pledge to strengthen tobacco control &...
Representatives from Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Timor Leste, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh and India met on 4th to 6th December to discuss how best to overcome the considerable challenges to tobacco control in the region...…………….
End TB Summit: WHO South-East Asia nations commit to intensified efforts
The Member countries of the Region stressed their firm intent to collectively reach out to 2 million missing TB cases and 150 000 multidrug-resistance cases by 2020...................
Changing landscapes of medical tourism in Asia-Pacific region
According to an ongoing study by Future Market Insights, the analysts found out that there is increase in international patient flow and demonstrable achievements and ever-evolving innovation in developing countries............
Nutraceuticals landscape continues to evolve despite regulatory uncertainties, says GBI Research
Despite showing sustained growth, 78% of industry professionals surveyed by GBI Research did not believe that there was a clear, well-understood definition of the term neutraceutical within their country..........
Bihar as a global medical tourism hub: Paras Hospital & UK...
Paras Hospital and UK Asian Business Council highlighted the real possibility of making Bihar a hub for medical tourism for people of Korea, Japan, Taiwan etc and the need for a super speciality hospital in Gaya.......
Take bold, co-operative action to make medicines available to all: WHO
Across the South-East Asia Region, an estimated 65 million people are pushed into poverty due to out-of-pocket health-care payments, with the cost of medicines being one of the main causes..........
“Universal Health Coverage in India can’t succeed with one-size-fits-all approach”
Mentioned Mr Harald Nusser, Head of Novartis-Social Business who believes that India requires its own homegrown model of health coverage system as the ones already in place in western nations won’t necessarily work here..........
Novartis & MMV launch patient trial to test KAF156 against MDR-malaria...
The KAF156 has potential to be a game-changer in malaria elimination, rapidly clearing malaria infection, including resistant strains, and blocking parasite transmission......
Bharat Biotech to commence Phase I clinical trial of Zika vaccine...
Bharat Biotech International has announced that the company will initiate the Phase I clinical trial of its Zika virus vaccine..........