15-Jun-17 Six out of the top 30 companies in the Nikkei Asia300 list are healthcare players, including Indian and Indonesian pharma companies, and two Malaysian rubber glove makers. Overall, Indian players held 10 of the top 30 spots. [image: Reuters]

14-Jun-17 14.4 mn kids in India are obese, the second highest after China with 15.3 mn. Egypt topped the list for adult obesity at about 35 percent. Lowest were Bangladesh and Vietnam at 1 percent. [image: ET Healthworld]

13-Jun-17 A delegation of Ethiopian government officials invited India's CARE chain of hospitals to train Ethiopian doctors in tertiary care including surgery, and opened the door to opening of a CARE hospital in Ethiopia. [image: Ethiogrio]

13-Jun-17  Economic improvements in India are resulting in a "dual-disease burden", a rise in communicable diseases and a spurt in non-communicable diseases, that cost the government USD81 bn in 2013 and are projected to grow at 17% to 2020. [image: ET Healthworld]

13-Jun-17 India's Portea Medical has partnered with Physitrack to develop a solution for its physiotherapy patients to access customised video-based exercise programs, physiotherapists, educational content, clinical questionnaires, as well as consult with physiotherapists via an online portal. [image: ET Healthworld]