New Study Shows Deep Impact Of Climate Change On Human Health
Our visual narratives of climate change have, historically, been replete with spectacular images of fire and flood. But the blood orange skies that loomed over San Francisco in early September—precipitated by a freak lightning storm that set regions surrounding the Bay Area ablaze—were what captured the …
ACCESS Health Philippines opens its 2nd Tuberculosis Clinic in Mandaluyong City
ACCESS Health Philippines, together with its implementing partner Innovations for Community Health, successfully opened its second Kalinga Health Hub in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila on November 25, 2020. This clinic will serve as a high-quality diagnosis and treatment facility featuring a centralized …
Build a plan for Covid-19 home testing on reason, not speculation or politics
John Maynard Keynes once famously observed that there’s nothing as disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world. But when it comes to public health, rational policies make sense even in an irrational or chaotic time like the midst of …
Announcing the Official Launch of the Health Futures WeChat Account
After more than a year of work, on July 21st, 2020, ASK Health proudly launched the official Health Futures WeChat account. The purpose of Health Future is to work with our industry partners to “promote value-oriented health system innovation.” This new public …
How Business Leaders Can Respond Covid-19
Many management books talk about the importance of building trust with customers in order to succeed, but in the age of Covid, trust takes on new meaning. When businesses reopen, the behavior of customers will be critical to containing new outbreaks. Customers …
Health Futures Webinar: Business responses to Covid-19
Health Futures Singapore and SGInnovate hosted a webinar on business responses to Covid-19. Many businesses are struggling to respond to Covid-19, weighing how to continue with current business strategies and best support employees’ health and wellness while protecting the communities where they …
Health Futures China Scholarship Applications Now Open
Are you interested in the healthcare industry and believe in the mission of improving healthcare quality and accessibility? Finding yourself filled with unique ideas and innovative thinking in problem solving? Wishing for a platform where you can grow with like-minded peers, and …
Making Global Health Equity The Basis Of Health Education
In a world where the dream of global health equity is made real, every single person—no matter who they are or where they come from—has the ability to lead a healthy and productive life. Health equity has become a hot topic, a …
Universal Disease Screening and Treatment — The Egyptian Example
An interview with William Haseltine about the following article is also available here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1915818 Thirty years ago, chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity accounted for less than 45% of the global disease burden. Today, they are the leading causes …
What The Tech: Impact of Digital Innovations on Healthcare in Asia
Asia is a region where people have better access to a smart phone than to a doctor. The demand for high quality healthcare products and services will continue to rise as the middle-income group grow and age or as lifestyles change. In …