All posts tagged "healthcare"

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  India to offer free health services to half a billion people

  The Indian government has announced an ambitious healthcare scheme covering as many as 500m beneficiaries, in a programme dubbed ‘Modicare’ – a play on prime minister Narendra Modi’s name, the

  • Posted March 5, 2018
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  New Russian law permits remote medical consultations and patient database

  Russian state healthcare providers will soon be able to offer remote consultations and prescriptions, under new legislation which also establishes a new nationwide patient records database. The legislation, which comes

  • Posted August 25, 2017
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  Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister, Health Canada: Exclusive Interview

  With health issues rising up the list of emerging global threats, Canada’s health chief has plenty on his plate. But Matt Ross learns that Health Canada boss Simon Kennedy is

  • Posted January 16, 2017
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  Female private sector boss to lead New Zealand’s new Ministry for Vulnerable Children

  A private sector aged-care boss has been appointed to lead New Zealand’s new Ministry for Vulnerable Children. Gráinne Moss, who is previously worked as managing director for Bupa Care Services

  • Posted August 18, 2016
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  Report suggests new national authority to improve health care in China

  The government of China should consider establishing a national authority to lead improvements across the health system, according to a new report which highlights the challenges created by the country’s

  • Posted July 28, 2016
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  Health tourism demands coordinated action by governments, says Hong Kong’s health permanent secretary

  The emergence of ‘health tourism’ and international markets in surgical procedures present a major challenge to government health departments, Hong Kong’s outgoing permanent secretary for food and health has told

  • Posted July 25, 2016
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  Richard Yuen Ming-fai, Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health), Hong Kong: Exclusive Interview

  On the eve of his retirement, Hong Kong’s health permanent secretary tells Matt Ross how the territory is reforming its healthcare system to prepare for a future in which half

  • Posted July 25, 2016
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  The remarkable rise of India’s think tanks

  The number of think tanks feeding into India’s public debates is expanding fast. Alexandra Katz explores the rapid advances and the growing pains of this emerging policy machine The USA

  • Posted May 26, 2016
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  Una O’Brien, permanent secretary, UK Department of Health: Exclusive Interview

  All healthcare is local, says Una O’Brien – but we need international collaboration to realise the potential of digital technologies, and to tackle the growing host of global health challenges

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  Sir David Nicholson, Former Chief Executive, National Health Service, UK: Exclusive Interview

  Sir David Nicholson left the UK’s National Health Service last year, after spending his whole career in this vast organisation. He talks to Global Government Forum about the lessons he

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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