A dengue fever forecasting Model Satellite-based system (D-MOSS) was launched in Hanoi in March 2019. The early warning system created by D-MOSS is being piloted in Hanoi, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa and Dong Nai. The project aims to develop tools which allows the government...
The Investment Coordination Board (BKPM) of Indonesia revealed that government is considering revising its Negative List (Daftar Negatif Investasi) to allow foreigners to operate foreign universities and hospitals in the country. Under the new proposed regulation,...
A digital initiative by the Malaysian Ministry of Health, Malaysian Health Data Warehouse (MyHDW) system has completed its second phase of gathering information on outpatients from public and private facilities. The system collects data on people’s visits to any...
Philips Philippines and Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health) signed a memorandum of understanding to build an integrated and advanced health technology solution. The collaboration between the two firms, that aims to provide better and seamless healthcare...
The Fit Company, an Indonesia-based wellness tech startup, raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from East Ventures, whose Indonesian investment portfolio includes unicorns Tokopedia and Traveloka. The funding will be allocated to build a technology-enabled...
Sinmah Capital Bhd (Sinmah) is venturing into the healthcare segment, earmarking MYR 100 million (USD 25 million), to be raised through internal funds and bank loans, for building a hospital in Nilai. Sinmah is an investment holding company, which divested its poultry...
The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo R. Duterte, signed the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act into law which will automatically enroll all Filipinos under the government’s health insurance program. Concerned agencies will draft implementing rules and regulations...
The Singapore government is expanding healthcare support for elderly born between 1950 and 1959, dubbed the Merdeka Generation (MG) or those who were born prior to 1950 but did not receive the Pioneer Generation Package launched previously in 2014. All beneficiaries...
In January 2019 the government of Thailand added medicine, Medical supplies and Medical services to its price control lists. The rationale behind this decision is ensuring fairness for both patients and operators of private hospitals, as pointed out by the commerce...
Nhan Dan 115 hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam has successfully carried out the surgery on February 15 by Doctor Si and his colleagues, with the support of the vice president of Aurora Health Care (USA). The patient was a 67 year old woman hospitalized with a...
Jakarta-based health tech start-up, Gorry Holdings, has successfully raised funding from Singapore’s private equity firm, Heritas Capital Management, for an undisclosed amount. The funding will be utilized to create new services and speed up expansion across...
Exports of Medical devices from Malaysia is expected to cross MYR 23 billion (USD 5.6 billion) in 2019, with the Association of Malaysian Medical Industries (AMMI) projecting exports to achieve 8% year-on-year growth. In 2017 AMMI members recorded a combined export...
