Singapore's SIT launches Innovative Healthcare Programmes to empower nursing profession

As Singapore faces a rapidly ageing population and a growing burden of chronic and complex health conditions, the need t...

January 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Gates Foundation announces largest healthcare budget ever of $8.6 B in 2024

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced its largest annual budget to date as it works toward the goal of a...

January 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's IWHP researchers at NUH and NUS Medicine reveal menopausal arthralgia prophylaxis

Women in their mid-50s faces a cascade of menopausal symptoms. Among them, arthralgia —muscular and joint pain &md...

January 12, 2024 | Friday | Company results
IIT Madras & Deakin University, Australia to launch academy for cutting edge healthcare research

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and Deakin University, Australia, have announced the launch of &...

January 15, 2024 | Monday | News
Indira IVF commences global aspirations, introduces first international hospital in Nepal

Indira IVF, India’s largest network of infertility treatment hospitals, has announced its international foray with...

January 15, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore's Health Ministry lays focus on manpower planning for future national crises

The Ministry of Health (MoH), Public Service Division (PSD), and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have signed a Memora...

January 15, 2024 | Monday | News
Targeted Battle Against HPV

Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer affecting women globally. Projections indicate a rise in the annual ...

December 31, 2023 | Sunday | Analysis
GenSci launches global innovation hub in Shanghai to address gynaecology and paediatrics challenges

Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical (GenSci), a subsidiary of Changchun High-Tech Industries (Group), recently held a g...

December 26, 2023 | Tuesday | News
WHO prequalifies second malaria vaccine for disease prevention

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines...

December 22, 2023 | Friday | News
Arab Health Congress partners with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) to unleash Public Health Conference

Arab Health Congress has partnered with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) as part of the Public Health Conference, which ...

December 22, 2023 | Friday | Company results
HKBU and China Resources Enterprise establish joint innovation centre on Smart Chinese Medicine

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and China Resources Research Institute of Science and Technology (CRRIST), a subsidi...

December 21, 2023 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong-based study lays focus on increased burden of laryngeal cancer in women

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has collaborated with the Associati...

December 19, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Canadian healthcare startup Lydia AI expands reach in Korea

Lydia AI, a leading Canadian health artificial intelligence (AI) company, has announced its strategic collaborations wit...

December 18, 2023 | Monday | News
Korea, Japan and China pledge to cooperate closely on healthcare

Second Vice-Minister of Health and Welfare in South Korea, Park Minsoo attended the 16th Tripartite Health Ministers' Me...

December 13, 2023 | Wednesday | News
ADB provides $650 M to support upgrading Indonesia's healthcare facilities and labs

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $650 million investment loan to upgrade and enhance primary health care ...

December 13, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Vietnam-based USM Healthcare receives investment from Sweef Capital to improve cardiac care

Sweef Capital has announced the second investment of its Southeast Asia Women’s Economic Empowerment Fund (SWEEF) ...

December 13, 2023 | Wednesday | News
CooperVision unveils 3rd Asia-Pacific Myopia Management Symposium (APMMS) in Taiwan

CooperVision, a world-renowned leader in myopia management and a global contact lens manufacturer, has successfully...

December 12, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Aster to separate India and GCC biz; announces agreement for Fajr Capital-led consortium to invest in Aster GCC

Aster DM Healthcare, one of the largest and fastest-growing integrated healthcare providers in Gulf Cooperation Council ...

December 4, 2023 | Monday | News
Leading global scientists launch Pandemic Research Alliance for concerted research & collaboration

World-renowned professors from six leading institutions in four countries have launched the Pandemic Research Allia...

December 8, 2023 | Friday | News
NTU & Singapore General Hospital to advance 3D printing in healthcare with joint R&D lab

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) patients are expected to benefit from healthcare innovations, such as customised medica...

December 6, 2023 | Wednesday | News
ADB provides $450 M loan to boost Philippines' Universal Healthcare programme

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $450 million policy-based loan to help the Philippines strengthen heal...

December 6, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japanese pharma firm Eisai partners with Thailand Health Ministry for dementia treatment

Japanese pharma major Eisai Co. has made an agreement to collaborate with the Department of Medical Services (DMS), Mini...

December 4, 2023 | Monday | News
Australian government launches first National Health and Climate Strategy

The Australian government has launched Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy that is aimed at ens...

December 5, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore spearheads research in women health, establishes Global Centre for Asian Women's Health

Singapore established Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, ...

November 28, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Focusing on Women's Cancers

Asia accounts for 45 per cent of global breast cancer cases and 58 per cent of global cervical cancer deaths. New cervic...

December 2, 2023 | Saturday | Opinion