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Higher sales in Brazil boosts 2017 revenue for dental benefits giant OdontoPrev

Rising membership in Brazil lifted OdontoPrev’s net revenue in 2017 as the largest dental benefits company in Latam reports strong growth in sales, but the company warns tax reform will hit earnings in 2018. OdontoPrev does not own any dental chains but has the largest dentist network providing care for its members. It has access […]

Interview: Dr Bruno Gridelli, Senior Vice President, UPMC International

How do you build an international business delivering high-quality specialist care working with governments, public payors, regions and for-profit operators? UPMC, the big US academic medical centre, has done just this in four very different countries: Italy, Ireland, Kazakhstan and China. We talk to Dr Gridelli about the business model and challenges.

Tribeca exports low-cost LATAM model to Africa

Colombia-based investment fund Tribeca Asset Management has launched a low-cost health care service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fund founder Luc Gerard tells Healthcare Nova why Africa was the right target for an investor from LATAM looking to export its low-cost model.

Medical tourists “will return to Egypt”

Dr Ismail Aboul Foutouh, the CEO and founder of IVF centre Bedaya Hospital, gives Healthcare Nova an overview of the biggest IVF provider sector the Middle East and says why he believes there will be a revival of medical tourism in the country.

VPS Healthcare – sixth emerging market hospital group to IPO in London

GCC and Indian health care group VPS Healthcare has appointed advisors to prepare an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, following in the footsteps of rival NMC Health. We talk to an analyst covering the sector and look at the five emerging market hospital groups already listed there, who together have a combined market capitalisation of over £9bn (€10.2bn).

South African budget hits private health spending: sign of things to come?

We talk to our contacts in South Africa about what the new president and today's mid-term budget mean for the private health sector. Two measures were singled out in discussions, while the new incumbent has surprised onlookers by signalling that the much-discussed national health insurance bill will be put to parliament in the next few weeks. 

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