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28-Dec-18 Japan suffered the largest natural population decline in its history in 2018. The growing number of elderly will put unprecedented strain on health and welfare services, with additional services to be partly funded by a sales tax increase in Oct-19. [image: iStock]
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19-Oct-18 The Philippines has adopted a law requiring pharmacists to use a new Electronic Drug Safety System platform. Pharmacists will use smartphones to photograph and upload nearly 300 million prescriptions per year, for digitization, enabling real-time public health insights. [image: Shutterstock]
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09-Aug-18 The UAE's planned Health Information Exchange system, set to launch in Abu Dhabi in 2022, has potential as a vast research tool. Researchers will be able to monitor the health status and medical history of an entire population. [image: Victor Besa / The National]
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13-Jun-18 In Apr-18 a new International Development Cooperation Agency was launched in China, signalling health cooperation is shifting from coordinating receipt of foreign aid to donation of Chinese aid to other nations. [image: China Daily]
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04-May-18 Thailand, which has successfully implemented Universal Health Coverage (UHC), will assist with both technical and training expertise to enable Kenya to achieve UHC. [image: Capital News]
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