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Interview: Patrick Gontard, CEO, Citilab, CEO and Founder, Gontard & Cie

Total cost of ownership (TCO) models have increased EBITDA margins by 10-15 percentage points in the lab sector and can be used in any area of healthcare, says Gontard. A Swiss economist, he has perfected his model over 15 years, working first for Viollier, the second largest Swiss lab group, then at Integrated Diagnostics in Egypt and now at Citilab probably the second largest lab group in Russia. Gontard is speaking on TCO at Healthcare Europa 2015 on April 28 in London.

Could social franchising improve Africa’s private sector?

Social franchising – applying the principles of commercial franchising to promote social benefit rather than profit – is an increasingly popular model for health services in the Developing World. Joyce Wanderi, COO of Population Services Kenya, believes that social franchising can help organise the low-income private sector, combatting the common issues of underdeveloped infrastructure, a shortage of skilled health workers, lack of funding, weak procurement and distribution chains and ultimately, highly varied quality between providers.

Bupa acquisitions pay off

The £1.6bn spent by new Bupa CEO Stuart Fletcher are paying off with 2014 sales ahead 15% at constant exchange rates at £9.8bn in 2014. We talk to him about PMI, deals with hospitals and future plans.

Interview: David Batchelor, Executive Director, Specialist Markets, CBRE

In the last six months there has been a transformation in investors in healthcare property in the UK and Europe. David looks at a new breed of player who is emerging and at how investors are now looking at southern Europe. Advisor CBRE has been very active in the European property sector, representing Waterland and RHM in their sale and leaseback of the property portfolio of German reha players RHM Kliniken to Medical Properties Trust,

Interview: Andrew Bastawrous, Co-Founder, Peek Vision

An estimated 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired and 39 million are blind. More than 90% of blind people live in the Developing World where treatment is often scarce, expensive and inaccessible for many. Peek Vision – the Portable Eye Examination Kit – uses a smartphone and a clip-on adapter to carry out eye examinations. We talk to founder Andrew Bastawrous to find out more about Peek and ophthalmology in developing countries.

Mexican sugar clinics reduce annual cost of diabetes care fivefold

Four out of every five people with diabetes live in the Developing World according to the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF). Clínicas del Azúcar is a Mexican chain of diabetes one-stop-shops that reduce the cost of care by 70%. We talk to founder and CEO Javier Lozano Garza, who has an MBA from MIT, to find out more.

Interview: Lilly Donohue, CEO, Shanghai Starcastle Senior Living

Fortress Investment Group is a US-based and listed investment manager that happens to be invested in some of America’s largest operators of senior living facilities. But when it decided in 2012 to join forces with Shanghai-based Fosun International to become one of the first entrants into the Chinese retirement community market, with a “continuing care” facility in Shanghai, it came “with a very open mind” about what would and wouldn’t work, according to Lilly Donohue, the passionate and determinedly hands-on managing director of Fortress and chief executive of Shanghai Starcastle Senior Living, as the now-open facility is called. By Helen Burggraf

Interview: James Cercone, president and founder, Sanigest Internacional

No one can rival Cercone’s expertise running and consulting on private healthcare service groups across the Developing World. In this wide ranging interview, we look at insurance trends, how hospital and diagnostic chains are growing and what the combination of information transparency and international hospital chains will look like in a few years time.

Interview, Dr Ian Clarke, CEO, International Medical Group, Uganda

International Medical Group (IMG) is the biggest provider of private healthcare in Uganda offering primary, secondary and tertiary care through its international hospital in Kampala and network of clinics, as well as medical insurance. We spoke to founder and CEO, Dr Ian Clarke about the group and issues of staff retention in the developing world.

Interview: Aschkan Abdul-Malek, founder, AlemHealth

Dubai-based AlemHealth is bringing teleradiology and telemedicine to the developing world via a global network of doctors linked up to private primary and secondary facilities in the Middle East. It plans to move into Asia and Africa within the next few months. We spoke to founder Aschkan Abdul-Malek about its business model.

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