20-Sep-14 The member nations of ASEAN have pledged to strengthen primary healthcare in order to achieve universal health coverage and increase access to primary care for their people, prevent and control non-communicable diseases and newly-emerging infectious diseases, and to set up a sustainable and effective health financing system. [image: Gunawan Kartapranata]

18-Sep-14 Indonesia’s Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi has highlighted three priorities for the country’s healthcare system: Equitable access to health services for people in rural and remote island areas; improved access to primary health care; and an improved referral system. 

15-Sep-14 In Thailand, private hospitals have become a platform for change, attracting increasing numbers of foreign patients, with medical tourists from China becoming a major focus.

10-Sep-14 Philips announced it is investing in a new tele-healthcare centre in Singapore that will enable hospitals to monitor patients remotely and treat them at home from 2016. Philips sees Singapore as a "vital innovation hub". 

29-Aug-14 Singapore digital health startup MyDoc, which offers a web and mobile service where patients can consult doctors online and easily share their personal health data, has secured additional funding.