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FREE BLOG When market size means nothing

It is easy to get fixated by market size statistics. But often in healthcare services how large a given market is today may tell you nothing about its size in the future.
February 5, 2015

South Africa: the view from the insurers

Private Medical Insurers (PMIs) in South Africa say they don’t fear the introduction of a National Health Insurance policy. They don’t think the government is likely to restrict private insurance to top-up cover, over and above a new public insurance scheme. Healthcare Nova spoke to two of South Africa’s biggest insurers: Dr Jonny Broomberg, CEO of Discovery Health, and Heyn van Rooyen, Principal Officer for Medihelp.
February 3, 2015

Enormous potential across Africa for innovators: KPMG

Innovative technology and business models are necessary to succeed in Africa according to KPMG’s head of healthcare in the continent. Dr Anuschka Coovadia says universal health insurance will create stable markets where before there was only need.
February 3, 2015

From Around The World

Here is our weekly round up of private healthcare news from around the Developing World. This week, stories from China, India and the UAE.
February 3, 2015

FREE BLOG South to south will deliver

Healthcare services in markets such as Africa are likely to be delivered by Indian and Chinese companies, not Europeans and Americans. Here’s why.
February 3, 2015

Do PPPs work in the Developing World?

The failure rate is high for big, operator-led PPPs in the Developing World. Big PPP projects where private players win a long-term contract to run a large public hospital or deliver primary and secondary care to hundreds of thousands for a per capita price often fail, But hundreds of less formal, more ad hoc projects are working well.
February 3, 2015

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.
February 3, 2015

Turkish PPP hospital programme gathers pace

The regeneration of Turkey’s healthcare infrastructure is moving ahead but securing private contractors has proved difficult for laboratory services. Of the 30 health campuses originally planned, 14 are at the tender stage or further. Our sources suggest that only 8-10 will see the light of day due to funding difficulties. But contracts with private operators worth over a billion euros each have already been signed.
January 29, 2015
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