17-Oct-17 Pakistan startup doctHERs has won the World Health Summit Startup Track 2017. According to the jury, doctHERs "not only has a decisive influence on the healthcare system but also shows a contemporary and important direction for a social change." [image: Geo TV]

11-Oct-17 Samsung India and Apollo Hospitals announced their collaboration to run jointly the Samsung-Apollo technology backed Mobile Medical Care. The program will screen large sections of the population for non-communicable diseases, particularly the under-privileged sections of the Indian population. [image: ET Healthworld]

10-Oct-17 DocOnline, a virtual platform providing access to medical consulting services, plans to roll out services in five more Indian states and several Southeast Asian countries, and offer its digital healthcare services to consumers in 2018. [image: Startup Hyderabad]

09-Oct-17 Altibbi, the Middle East digital health platform, announced USD6.5 mn new funding, led by Middle East Venture Partners and DASH Ventures. Altibbi aims to expand its offering to the Arab world: real-time, round-the-clock telehealth and access to high quality local doctors. [image: Arab News]

20-Sep-17 MedAnt, a ground-breaking new patient information sharing app has launched on the WeChat platform in China, focusing mainly on oncology and ophthalmology. MedAnt is a social app where patients share experiences via paid Q&A and free group chats. [image: Weixin]