28-Jul-17 China's Belt and Road Initiative will provide a channel for China to facilitate its global health strategy, through commercial, cultural and personnel exchanges that will improve regional cooperation. [image: The Lancet]

28-Jul-17 Chinese researchers have published the findings of a survey of 500,000 individuals about traumatic fractures. Sleeping less than 7 hours per day was identified as a risk factor, and alcohol consumption also incurred a risk effect. [image: China Herb Co.]

25-Jul-17 Aetna announced it has acquired the Bupa Group’s Thai business, Bupa Thailand. “Thailand is an important market for us, with increasing local wealth driving greater adoption of health insurance," said Richard di Benedetto, President of Aetna International. [image: Bupa / YouTube]

25-Jul-17 Singapore has long served as a health destination for well-heeled visitors from Indonesia and Vietnam, but there has been a steady decline in patients arriving from Southeast Asia since 2014 as local health systems improve. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

21-Jul-17 According to medical visas obtained between 2015 and 2016, Indian hospitals admitted 460,000 international patients, with the largest proportion from Bangladesh, then Afghanistan, then Iraq, mainly for orthopaedic and cardiology services. [image: IHMT / Getty Images]