The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to strengthen surveillance and bridge gaps in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination coverage to end the emergency and better prepare for future health crises PAHO Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, made the call as the pandemic, linked to millions of deaths and infections worldwide, entered its … [Read more...]
Medical tourism looking sickly as patients watch their spending
BUDAPEST, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Attila Knott has an empty dental hospital in Hungary. The foreigners with bad teeth he was counting on never arrived, deterred first by COVID-19 and now by a cost-of-living crisis that has left the medical tourism industry struggling to recover even after the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions. "People are more cautious," Knott told Reuters, staring at the … [Read more...]
The Rise Of Fertility Tourism – Barbados
From spiritual tourism to voluntourism, people now travel for many reasons other than a simple beach vacation. But one less expected type of tourism that has been growing in recent years is fertility tourism. With rising cases of infertility in the context of increased medical costs in the United States and advancements in reproductive technologies abroad, the global fertility tourism market … [Read more...]
Three Crucial Developments for Healthcare in 2023
The healthcare industry has been aware of the opaque transfer of patient information between clinical care teams for many years. Technology can be the answer to both increasing communication between often siloed teams as well as ensuring patient safety. We’ve seen improvements in delivering better care to patients with the use of digital health tools and digitally-enabled care models, but … [Read more...]
Caribbean Medical schools saddling students with debt
International students attending medical schools in the Caribbean are being saddled with huge loan debts while facing limited chances of securing residency positions needed to become practising doctors, a new study has said. The students, primarily from the US and Canada, are lured to the for-profit medical schools after failing to gain admission in their home countries. However, many find it … [Read more...]
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