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08-Feb-18 The Japanese Shichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods) smartphone app is being used in what is dubbed the world's first large-scale study aimed at showing that digital health devices improve the condition of diabetes patients. [image: Satoko Kawasaki / The Japan Times]
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02-Feb-18 By 2030, 25% of Singaporeans will be 65 or older and according to Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, "With an ageing population, Singapore must transform the way it delivers healthcare by taking a multidisciplinary, person-centric approach." [image: Today]
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01-Feb-18 India has announced an ambitious health insurance scheme, which will initially cover 100 million poor families, provide USD7,825 in medical coverage for each family annually and offer a safety-net for millions who struggle to afford medical care. [image: BBC News]
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26-Dec-18 Taiwan is proof a country can make huge changes to its healthcare system. From 1995, with only five years of planning and two years of legislative efforts it had completed the transformation to a single-payer system. [image: David Chang / European Pressphoto Agency]
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14-Dec-17 At least half of the world’s population cannot afford essential health services, even as a large number of households are being pushed into poverty each year, indicates a new report from the World Bank and World Health Organisation. [image: Premium Times]
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