The newly formed dental and aesthetic medicine group Vivanta, already the third largest dental provider in Spain by revenue, has further plans for expansion. CEO Juan Olave talks to Healthcare Europa about the group's strategy.
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 French government has today announced that tariffs to reimburse healthcare will be decreased by 1.2% from March 1, 2018 compared to the 2017 tariff levels.
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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