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Houston Methodist Hospital partners in Latin America

American not-for-profit Houston Methodist Hospital is proving that having a network of Latam collaborators can bring substantial benefits to all involved - through staff exchanges, conferences, and complex case referrals. Healthcare Nova spoke to José Núñez, Chief Advisor of Global Healthcare Services, to find out more.
September 21, 2016

Turkish hospital groups battle to protect under-threat medical tourism market

Medical tourism to Turkey from Libya, Russia and Western Europe has entered a drought, as Turkey feels the effect of political instability at home and abroad. Reliable data about healthcare is scarce but the headline figure for international arrivals is clear: they are down 41% this year. How are Turkish hospital groups fighting back? We investigate.
September 6, 2016

The future of healthcare in Nigeria: PPPs and the NHIS?

Healthcare investors generally take a fancy to Nigeria. Africa’s most populous country has a growing middle class and will one day finally put some distance between itself and South Africa as its largest economy. The petrodollars already flow freely into healthcare. But no one has bothered to keep them in the country: not the existing fragmented private sector, nor the government, which has other priorities – President Buhari has been treated in London, after all! So, surely, all that’s left to do is fly in, start a JV with a local partner, consolidate and cut off the medical tourism leak at source?
September 1, 2016

Interview: Omer Karahan MD, Partner, ValueHealth Consulting

How is the Turkish private healthcare sector faring? Who better to ask than Omer Karahan, whose firm ValueHealth specialises in the sector? How is the private sector faring in Turkey these days? Have recent events affected the private sector? And where are we today with the big PPPs?
August 30, 2016

Acibadem rekindling Russian romance

Acibadem will “be in Russia in the future,” says its international business coordinator, Melis Zorluoglu. The integration of recent acquisitions in Bulgaria, another piece of its growing Eastern European presence, she said is also progressing well.
August 26, 2016

Auna’s frenetic race to build national chain in Peru

Private equity-backed Auna has gone from oncological payor-provider to Peru's third largest private healthcare chain in just three years. We speak to financial analyst Fernando Adrián Mendoza at Auna to get a grasp of Peru's prompt healthcare transformation. With global operators like Bupa lurking within Latin America, it's only a matter of time before M&A heats up in this country of 31m.
July 29, 2016

UK healthcare faces up to Brexit

The UK has voted to leave the EU unleashing economic and political turmoil that has taken the legs out from under Sterling, ignited press hysteria and will likely see the leaders of both major parties replaced. As always, the NHS was front and centre during the campaign. But concerns for healthcare more broadly, including the private sector, are numerous. We talk to investors, operators and advisors.
July 1, 2016
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