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...]
Caribbean nations are hitting the panic button amid a massive ‘brain drain’ in the health sector
According to a media report by Caribbean news now, Dominica is reintroducing a training program for healthcare nurses to address the rise of deaths caused by the rise in chronic Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs). Reportedly, Dominica’s prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit at his recent swearing-in of Cabinet Minister following the snap elections that happened on December 6 announced, “ Today, I am … [Read more...]
Caribbean countries to benefit from new PAHO initiative piloted in Trinidad and Tobago
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has developed a digital platform to bring telehealth services to remote populations in Latin American and Caribbean countries, making telemedicine the “new normal” for healthcare workers and patients managing chronic diseases. It said based on open-source technology, PAHO’s All-in-ONE Telehealth platform was developed in 2022 thanks to the … [Read more...]
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