07-Sep-17 Ooredoo is partnering with Pact, an NGO, to launch Myanmar's first telemedicine service. The service uses Ooredoo’s network between patients and doctors, with trained healthcare volunteers on mobile devices connected to the Ooredoo network. [imgae: Ooredoo]

14-Aug-17 China will boost its health-related industries and estimates the market for health services will reach RMB16 tn (USD2.4 tn) by 2030. The aim is "integration of health-related industries with the elderly care, tourism, Internet, fitness and food industries". [image: Xinhua]

28-Jul-17  Indian home healthcare provider Portea Medical is set to close a USD25 mn funding round led by PE firm Sabre Capital. Portea, founded in 2013, sends medical professionals for home visits and does 120,000 visits every month. [image: ET Healthworld]

13-Jul-17 Only half of doctors in China have a five-year medical degree. In an effort to grow the number of licensed physicians, China lowered educational requirements, possibly undermining its efforts to overhaul the Chinese healthcare system. [image: Visual China]

11-Jul-17  The Indian government has plans for an Urban Primary Health Centre for every 50,000 persons and a Community Health Centre for every 500,000 urban poor, in an effort to address the shortage of doctors serving these communities. [image: BCCL / ET Healthworld]