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Egypt to introduce new comprehensive health insurance

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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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KKR, CVC, other PE firms bid for Asian hospital business

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19-Mar-19 Columbia Pacific Management’s Asian hospital business has drawn interest from global PE players including KKR, CVC and Carlyle. If successful, the deal would be worth USD2 bn and be the biggest transaction in Southeast Asia’s hospital sector in nine years. [image: The Star]

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China has big plans for fitness

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12-Mar-19 Fitness has been a rising focus for influencers in China thanks, in part, to a push for healthier lifestyles. The country has a five-year fitness plan that would see spending of RMB1.5 tn (USD225 bn) by 2020. [image: Shutterstock / Retail In Asia]

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Abu Dhabi boosts healthcare innovations

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11-Mar-19 Artificial Intelligence is set to give the UAE economy a USD182 bn boost by 2035, with healthcare likely to see a gain of USD22 bn. The DoH has launched an 'AI Lab' to serve as a safe platform for co-creation. [image: Arab Health]

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ResMed buys Korean home healthcare supplier HB Healthcare

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08-Mar-19 ResMed has bought Korean home healthcare equipment supplier HB Healthcare. San Diego-based ResMed said the acquisition is aimed at extending its decade-old footprint in South Korea to "millions more patients through HBH and its wider network of trusted distributor partners."

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