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Interview: Dr Rajgopal Thirumalai, Vice President, Global Medical & Occupational Health, Unilever

Unilever runs a global health and prevention programme in over 90 countries for its 169,000  employees. How? What does Dr Thirumalai (known as Dr Raj) think of the private healthcare services sector? And what changes does he expect in the future? And what does he expect from digital health and AI? Dr Raj is also a non-executive independent director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and a speaker at HBI 2018 on April 10-11 in London.
January 29, 2018

US health group enters strategic partnerships in three new emerging markets

Sanford Health, a large non-profit US rural health group, has invested in healthcare providers in Costa Rica, Vietnam and South Africa, and is expanding its Ghanaian and Chinese ventures. We spoke exclusively ahead of public announcement to Dan Blue, VP of Sanford World Clinics, who says more will follow.
January 23, 2018

Life looking to sell its stake in Max Healthcare

South-African based Life Healthcare is reported to be selling its 49.7% stake in Indian hospital chain Max Healthcare, with Radiant Life Care, a Mumbai-based group specialising in acquiring, redeveloping and operating healthcare facilities, the prospective buyer.
January 11, 2018

Outpatient sector in South Africa and Brazil, psychiatry in GCC + hospitals in India

We continue to add to our database of the Top 1,200 private operators in Emerging markets.  We've just looked at outpatient chains in Brazil and South Africa, which are growing fast offering primary care, some specialist outpatient work and a bit of ambulatory surgery. We've also identified two rare psychiatric hospitals in the GCC where there are huge taboos around mental health. The database gives you a clear and accurate overview of the healthcare services sector from Chile to China.   In South Africa we found a thriving outpatient sector.  Intercare (which we interviewed here) has recently sold a stake to Mediclinic. We identified several direct competitors including Advanced Health, which is listed on the JSE.  In Brazil we found a series of fast-growing outpatient clinics targeting rapid roll outs. They include Dr Consulta, GlobalMed and Clinica Fares. The database now has 90 outpatient chains. In the GCC a good contact identified the two reputable players in psychiatry, a taboo area. We plan to add more private psychiatry units. In India we've added a range of operators including regional players in medicalised homecare. 
November 24, 2017

Laureate sells off private universities in Europe

Laureate Education Inc, the NASDAQ listed private university chain, has agreed to sell for-profit European University Cyprus (EUC), which has a medical school and the only accredited dentistry program in Cyprus. We hear other European assets may follow.
November 22, 2017

Lenmed looks north 

South Africa's fourth largest hospital chain is already in Mozambique and Botswana and is keen to expand into other Sub-Saharan countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda. That might be with specialist outpatient chains.  But there are plenty of opportunities in South Africa as The Competition Commission stops the Big Three from making more inpatient acquisitions. We talk to Lenmed COO, Amil Devchand. 
November 13, 2017

Intercare deal could be a game-changer

This summer, Mediclinic, the listed South African, Europe and Mid-East hospital giant, quietly bought into Intercare, a South African outpatient, day hospital and sub-acute and rehabilitation hospital network which specialises in value-based healthcare, providing the best outcomes at the lowest costs. Here is why we think the acquisition is a game changer and why this is a business model that could be exported internationally.
November 7, 2017
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