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Bahrain to launch compulsory health insurance
Bahrain will bring in compulsory health insurance for expatriates later this year and citizens from 2023. The net result will be a fall in...
Medical travel generates US$300 million for Tunisia
Medical tourism generates around US$330 million for Tunisia every year, claims the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts (ONTT). The authority has suggested that...
Netherlands government unlikely to outsource care to Germany
The 330 hospitals in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia can help eliminate the massively long waiting lists for care in the Netherlands, says...
Croatian digital platform for medical tourism
The new Croatian ZagrebMed digital platform to promote medical and health tourism will launch this October. Designed to promote the City of Zagreb it...
Ghana targets Islamic countries
Ghana’s health technical director, Dr Hafez Adam Taher, has been appointed ambassador for health tourism, to promote the country’s medical and health tourism in...
Spas: New Era, New Consumer
The International Spa Association (ISPA) Foundation has released the 11th volume of its Consumer Snapshot initiative titled ‘New Era, New Consumer’. It examines the habits,...
New partnership promotes Malaysia medical travel
Malaysia Travel Healthcare Council (MHTC) has partnered with PubliCT.io (formerly Supernewsroom) to promote medical travel in the region and globally. The partnership will benefit...
Nigeria: mandatory health insurance
Health insurance will now become mandatory for all Nigerian citizens as President Buhari signs new law. There is no timetable, but when complete it...
Will Asia’s vaccination passport help medical travel?
ASEAN, the Association of South East Asian Nations, has confirmed it is working on a standardised vaccine passport for travel in the region. In...
Japan to promote wellness tourism
Japan is stepping up its health and wellbeing offerings in anticipation that the sector will see a spike in demand once its international border...
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