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03-Jun-19 The 'older' Asian countries (eg. Japan) spend 7-10% of GDP on healthcare. Given its older population, China’s expenditure will need to increase to those levels, suggesting that healthcare spending would grow at 9.3% to reach USD1.7 tn by 2028. [image: Global Demographics]
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03-Jun-19 Chinese cross-border e-commerce is growing and Chinese consumers are becoming more aware of international brands, especially for healthcare, baby products, food supplements and skincare. Kaola, Mia.com and Little Red Book are three top booming platforms. [image: cifnews]
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16-May-19 Several major pharmaceutical companies are now doing business in new, inclusive ways that aim to reach people on very low incomes. Seven companies are running a total of ten inclusive business models. [image: Access To Medicine Foundation]
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13-May-19 US private equity group TPG will take over and manage Abraaj’s USD1 bn healthcare fund, offering relief for Kenyan medical outlets into which the fund had pumped billions of shillings. Abraaj’s Kenyan portfolio includes 18 clinics and 10 hospitals. [image: NMG]
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22-Apr-19 Egypt will begin a rollout of its new comprehensive health insurance system in July 2019, to be rolled out over a 15-year period. the World Bank pledged USD530 million to a five-year initiative aimed at improving healthcare standards. [image: Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany]
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