Official website to build dental tourism

The Vietnam Tourism Dentistry JSC has launched the country’s official website on dental tourism, Vietnam Dental Tourism, in a bid to build Vietnam into...

Ukraine healthcare reform and decentralisation

Ukraine has made progress on healthcare reform and decentralisation, plus in fighting corruption. Ukraine has made significant efforts to tackle corruption and improve transparency across...

Medical travel associations and clusters aren’t measuring their efforts, says new report

International research organised by LaingBuisson and RLA has found a big difference between what medical travel associations and clusters say is important in their...

Health insurance for all Bahrainis from January 2019

The Bahraini government’s new law mandating that health insurance cover be provided to all citizens, residents and visitors in the country will begin in...

Dubai Health Authority reported 326,649 medical tourists in 2016

According to an article in the Entrepreneur Middle East, the Dubai Health Authority reported that medical tourism in Dubai generated more than AED 1.4...

US health plan provider could buy stake in Ribera Salud

According to El Confidencial, Spanish lender Banco Sabadell is preparing to sell its 50% stake in Ribera Salud, the Spanish health management holding company,...

US UnitedHealthcare Global partnership

The London Clinic (TLC) has partnered with US-based insurance giant UnitedHealthcare Global, to give policyholders access to its cancer care hospital in central London.Members...

Mediclinic sees Swiss private healthcare growth potential

Mediclinic, one of South Africa’s three biggest private hospital groups grows its Swiss footprint with clinic acquisition. According to Business Day, Mediclinic is to combine...

AirAsia Indonesia and MHTC promote Penang’s medical tourism

AirAsia Indonesia has signed an MoU with Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) to jointly promote Penang as Malaysia’s top healthcare tourism destination. MHTC will arrange...

MHTC confirms revenue from 1m health travellers for 2017

MHTC has reported 2017 health travel stats at their annual conference. Chinese outbound fertility tourists seen as a huge opportunity for Malaysia; at least...