10-Dec-15 US-based healthcare IT firm eClinicalWorks will invest USD30 mn as part of its expansion plans for the digital healthcare market in India. The investment will focus on developing cloud-based technology infrastructure, the company said. eClinicalWorks has said tele-health capabilities allow patients to access their doctors via mobile phones and enable them to immediately address medical concerns. [image: Reuters]

07-Dec-15 Diabetes afflicts over 400 mn people. Many new technologies are being developed but those with the greatest impact will likely be low-cost solutions that can be applied in markets such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia. Low-cost programs are becoming increasingly possible, for example mClinica's patient management programs tailored for emerging markets, that use mobile messaging to encourage healthy behaviors. [image: Shutterstock]

01-Dec-15 At a recent India-Africa summit, Prime Minister Modi discussed working together to improve public health with 54 African heads of state. For India, the main goal is to increase pharmaceutical exports to Africa, while African ministers are keen to copy India’s success in developing drug manufacturing, both to secure their own supplies and to give their economies a fillip. [image: Reuters]

18Nov-15 Sri Lanka’s healthcare sector has experience an enormous boom in recent years and is fast becoming a global health destination offering some of the best medical treatments in the world. This is evident from the increasing percentage of foreign patients occupying beds in major city hospitals. Sri Lanka has a competitive advantage in its highly skilled and internationally trained doctors. [image: Mirror Business]

17-Nov-15 King's College Hospital has become the clinical partner for the first Indo UK Institute of Health, in New Chandigar, India. Backed by up to GBP100 mn of private investment, the project is the first of 11 which will see hospitals, nursing schools and medical colleges developed across India. The initiative will eventually amount to a GBP1 bn investment. [image: GOV UK]