Medical travel market will be worth US$9bn

India's medical tourism market will be worth US$9 billion in 2020 says the latest FICCI report. The global medical tourism market will be worth US$54...

Report forecasts exponential growth in population health management

A new report from LaingBuisson, in partnership with McGrigor Group, looks at how population health is managed in different countries and regions, and identifies...

Japan’s integrated casino resorts offer spa and medical travel facilities

Developers are competing for one of three new integrated casino resort licenses inI Japan. In the Southern Japan city of Sasebo, they are promising...

Compulsory health insurance planned for locals and expats in Bahrain

Bahrain's National Health Insurance Scheme (Sehati) for expats is being brought in late 2020 or early 2021. Expats will be covered by insurance paid...

Malaysian state Sabah plans to develop medical tourism.

The Sabah state government is seeking to enter the medical tourism sector with the help of London-based medical tourism consultants.  The government accepts that...

Minimum requirements set for medical tourist facilities

The Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, has established a new standard to stipulate the...

Single Chinese women seeking sperm donors abroad

According to the Japan Times, wealthy single Chinese women are having to travel abroad to access sperm banks, due to cultural and regulatory restrictions...

America’s ACCI approved by IEEA

The American Accreditation Commission International (AACI) has received accreditation from The International Society for Quality in Health Care External Evaluation Association (IEEA) for International...

Large fertility and IVF centre opens in Greece

According to the Greek City Times, the largest fertility and IVF medical centre in south-eastern Europe has been inaugurated, in the city of Thessaloniki,...

US employers encouraging cross-border healthcare

A growing number of employers in US city, San Diego, are offering a health plan for treatment in Mexico, however it is only open...