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Nigeria’s continuing outbound medical travel
Advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical trip to the United Kingdom as totally indefensible...
What next for medical travel from Afghanistan?
All medical travel in Afghanistan has historically been outbound, but how does the Taliban taking control affect access to healthcare?
Only very limited medical facilities...
The shift from price to safety, confidence and trust in medical tourism
For many years and for many destinations, “low prices” has been the clarion call of destinations and providers seeking medical tourists. But will COVID-19...
IATA Travel Pass partnership
European medical diagnostic services provider, SYNLAB, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have agreed to incorporate SYNLAB’s lab network into the IATA Travel...
EU: new rules for inbound travel for non-EU citizens
The European Commission has outlined new rules for the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), the EU’s electronic system due to launch in...
Canada opens to vaccinated tourists
Canada has officially opened its land borders to fully vaccinated US citizens and US permanent residents for non-essential purposes such as tourism and medical tourism....
USA will open soon, but expect low inbound medical travel
The USA will open to vaccinated tourists and medical tourists soon. This is good news for the inbound US medical tourism industry but many...
France welcomes non-EU travellers
From 9th August the French government has set up a system allowing tourists and medical tourists vaccinated outside the European Union to obtain a...
UK: more inbound medical travel expected
As the list of amber and green countries grows, the UK should expect more inbound international patients.
London treats many patients from Middle Eastern countries...
Mexico maintains inbound medical travel
Despite border closures, high Covid rates and US advice to avoid, medical tourism to Mexico has continued.
Mexico has never fully closed its borders, and...
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