Buurtzorg, a Dutch domiciliary care business, is finally breaking even on the Asian market after a challenging first few years. We speak to Buurtzorg Asia's CEO Stephan Dyckerhoff about the difficulties of implementing his model in the far East.
A fairly bleak picture of the future of healthcare in emerging markets was painted by Laurent Pochat-Cottilloux, Global Head of Healthcare Reinsurance at Axa Reinsurance, speaking at the UniGlobal Annual Health Insurance Conference.
Private equity giant TPG Capital has reportedly entered exclusive negotiations to take over the management of Abraaj's $1bn healthcare fund which has assets in Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and India. It looks to be the end of a protracted saga which contacts say might dampen fund managers' appetite for so-called impact investing in emerging markets.
As Healthcare Europa predicted in January, KKR-backed Mumbai-based hospital chain Radiant Life Care is to buy the entire 49.7% stake held by South African giant Life Healthcare in Max Healthcare Institute.
Global insurer Aetna International has been running telehealth through partners around the world for a long time. But in June it decided to launch its own telehealth platform and run its own operations. The company claims to have a million customers on its books but has only run 30,000 consultations. Why, and what is it doing about this?
NMS Health's founder and chairman B.R. Shetty has signed an agreement with San Donato, the largest hospital group in Italy, that will allow the latter to export its medical expertise to the UAE, says Italian press.
After months of delays, consultancy AlixPartners has been hired by Abraaj to oversee the separation of its $1bn Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund (AGHF) and find a long-term manager to replace the embattled group.
It seems that India’s flagship health insurance scheme has faltered at the starting gate as prime minister Narendra Modi announced the programme is due to start over a month later than expected.
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