Brazilian insurer-providers Hapvida Systema de Saude and Notre Dame Intermedica will go public in the next two months. We talk to contacts in the country - one of whom is in no doubt about which they would invest in.
Healthcare Nova talks to Christopher Golby, president of Hospital Britanico in Uruguay, about how the public and private healthcare system works in one of the most prosperous and socially liberal Latin American countries.
Colombian private equity fund Tribeca is planning to restructure following the sales of its ambulance and homecare business Grupo EMI last year, and a possible partnership with a big foreign company, the founder Luc Gerard tells Healthcare Nova.
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 […]
The founder of Dubai-based private equity fund Abraaj, Arif Naqvi, has handed the running of the fund to two chief executives, placing new investments on hold while independent consultants review the company’s corporate governance and controls.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the poorest countries in the world, 176th out of 187 countries according to the UN. It’s not an obvious first choice location to build a subscription-based healthcare service reliant on people paying privately. Even those who can pay something will not, in any great numbers, be able to pay much. So why do it?
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.
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.
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.
Thailand's second-largest listed hospital operator reported an 8.8% rise in net profit in 2017, to THB 3,944m (US$126), following a modest increase in patient numbers both home and abroad.
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