07-Jun-17 Cuba, usually known as a top beach destination, is now touting its strength in healthcare. “One of the strengths of Cuba is health tourism,” said Miguel Ramos, the Cuban ambassador to China. [image: Wang Rongjiang / Shanghai Daily]

05-Jun-17 Mexico City is advancing its strategy of digitising health services with a new program that carries out home check-ups to detect illness, follows up on pregnant women, and reviews the vaccination of children. [image: Global Health Intelligence]

02-Jun-17 Researchers in the UK and Peru have developed a faster and cheaper cardiac imaging test that can be used in developing countries. The scan is three times faster and less than one-fifth of the cost. [image: panthermedia.net / Tawesit Werawattanachai]

22-May-17 According to a poll conducted by Frontier Strategy Group, Brazil’s healthcare spending will only gradually return to pre-crisis levels. 69% of executives believe Brazil’s healthcare market would only return to its pre-crisis level after 2018. [image: DrPrem.com]

22-May-17 A study carried out in Latin American countries concluded that most efforts of the health system concentrate on the higher income population while neglecting the needs of the lower income classes, driven by the high cost of drugs. [image: Global Health Intelligence]