Health cluster for Eastern Croatia

Pannonian Health has been set up to strengthen and develop health tourism in Slavonia and Baranya.Pannonian Health is a health tourism cluster that was...

Obesity and chronic conditions in Asia-Pacific

A new report on Asia-Pacific healthcare warns of increasing obesity and chronic conditions. A new OECD/WHO report on universal health cover, 'Health at a Glance...

Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok

Scheduled to open in Q1/2019, Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok is building Thailand’s health tourism sector. Surrounded by shopping malls, major office complexes, embassies and...

Case study on Indian medical travel agency

Canada’s Ivey Business School has published a case study on an Indian medical travel agency, Vaidam Health. Ivey Business School, University of London, Canada, a...

Increasing Chinese tourists to Cambodia

According to Jing Travel, over 1m Chinese tourists travelled to Cambodia in the first 7 months of 2018, a year on year growth of...

UK patients travelling abroad for black market kidneys

According to the Daily Mail, ‘hundreds’ of UK patients are travelling abroad to buy kidneys on the black market, and some are returning with...

2.9m Chinese tourists by 2022

According to Jing Travel a major regional marketing push by the UAE and other Gulf nations is underway, aiming welcome 2.9 million Chinese tourists...

Oman moves towards health insurance for all workers

Oman’s Capital Market Authority is preparing regulations for the implementation of mandatory health insurance in Oman for all workers. Much work needs to be...

40,000 leave Vietnam for treatment in 2018

In an article in Saigon Online, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien is quoted as saying round 40,000 Vietnamese wealthy patients went abroad for...

1,396 English patients approved for treatment in Europe

According to the Express, a Freedom of Information request shows that from January to November 2018, 1,396 applications were approved for state-funded or private...