Bringing international patients to Cuba
Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos de Cuba (CMSC) is getting ready to promote Cuba as a medical travel destination to new foreign patients, with the...
Pilot programme underway to restart tourism sector
Sri Lanka has welcomed the first tourists since closing its borders due to the pandemic eight months ago. Two groups of travellers from the...
Medical Travel and Health Tourism Quality Alliance launches certification programme
The Medical Travel and Health Tourism Quality Alliance (MTQuA), has launched the first certification programme in the world to train and qualify international patient...
Medical tourism skyrockets, or does it?
This week another medical tourism news story hit the headlines. According to the New York Daily News, “Medical tourism skyrockets...Turnover is expected to total...
Florida medical tourism – same myths, same mistakes?
With plans in place to establish Florida as a medical tourism destination, Keith Pollard takes a closer look at the 'Medical Tourism in Florida'...
UNWTO recognises spa’s contribution to health tourism in Spain
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has recently recognised the Bataller family, founders of the SHA Wellness Clinic in Alicante, Spain, for their strong and...
India plans cell therapy treatment for cancer
Indian pharmaceutical companies and start-ups may soon offer cell therapy-based treatment for cancer at nearly one tenth of the cost in the USA. Immuneel...
South Korea: 76.5% drop in foreign patients in 2020
The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) says the number of foreign patient visits in 2020 was a quarter of 2019. According to KHIDI,...
What is driving demand for IVF in the Middle East?
A combination of cultural, societal and financial factors is driving heightened demand for fertility treatment in the Middle East. Marina Gilic and Leonid Shapiro,...
UK’s babylon Health partnership with TELUS Health
Canada’s TELUS is launching an AI powered healthcare app in Canada with the London-based virtual GP provider babylon Health, which has cornered the UK...
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