Strengthening Universal Health Coverage in Asia: Opportunities for Innovation in Private Health Insurance
By deliberately shaping and incentivizing new models of private health insurance, countries have a new tool in UHC strategy to bring high quality healthcare to the masses so that people receive the healthcare they need without facing financial hardship. The advances in …
Scaling Digital Health Innovation in Asia
Singapore is an attractive regional hub in Asia for the innovation, test bedding and commercialization of digital health innovations. The island nation boasts a significant number of multinational corporations with their regional headquarters based in Singapore, a thriving startup ecosystem, and robust …
Market Forces in Primary Care Systems
Primary care is the first point of entry for most patients into a health system. This makes primary care an important platform for preventive and promotive efforts, such as nutrition counseling, mothers groups, and outreach for school health. Primary care can also …
Elderly care: What Germany can learn from the rest of the world
Abstract: Sustainable elderly care becomes increasingly challenging in a rapidly ageing world. Being the third oldest nation globally, Germany is facing significant societal changes and demographic pressures. Bold and far-reaching reforms to revolutionise senior care are urgently required. Here, we review Germany’s …
2019 ACCESS Health Annual Report
This is the 2019 Annual Report for ACCESS Health International …
Introduction to the COVID – 19: Learning Diary from India
In December 2019, an acute respiratory viral infection was first identified in Wuhan city in China. Ever since then the disease has infected over 4.9 million people, killed over 320,000, and brought life to a standstill in several countries.[1] It has forced …
The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition and Climate Change
Climate change and non-communicable diseases are two sweeping global health challenges that share an underlying lack of urgency, political will, strengthened action, and accountability. ACCESS Health Southeast Asia’s former intern, Lavanya Prakash, proposed a solution, based on the Lancet Commission’s piece “The …
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 …
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