Developing countries with small to medium-sized economies pay far more money for less effective drugs, according to a new report released by the Washington-based Center for Global Development (CGD) shows that generic drugs, like omeprazole (used to treat heartburn), can cost 20-30 times more in low and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. Also, in countries such as Zambia, … [Read more...]
Commonwealth Health Ministers Meet To Strategise Universal Health Coverage
The Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM) is the annual meeting of health ministers from across the (British) Commonwealth countries. The meeting reviews activity and events from the previous year and provides a platform for countries to bring issues of health relevance to the attention of their Commonwealth partners and peers. Each CHMM provides a ministerial statement summarising the … [Read more...]
Taiwan & St. Kitts Join Forces to Reduce Chronic Kidney Disease
Taiwan is going to provide technical assistance to St. Kitts in several projects, Enhancing Agricultural Adaptive Capacity to Climate Variability Project, the Nevis Pinney’s Beach Project, the Capacity Building Project for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, and the Land Administration Information System Project. The major objective of these projects is to add to the further … [Read more...]
Severe Food Insecurity Plagues Latin America and the Caribbean
It is almost inconceivable to think that at this point in the 21st century that there are countries around the world that are still coping with issues of hunger and starvation and food insecurity whilst on the other hand quite the opposite happening in many developing countries coping with the growing epidemic of overweight and obesity in the Caribbean. … [Read more...]
Why US Health Insurance Plans Don’t Include Medical Travel?
Why do so few US health insurance companies offer international medical travel benefits? In the first of two articles, Irving Stackpole, President, Stackpole & Associates Inc, and Elizabeth Ziemba President of Medical Tourism Training Inc unpick the issues. … [Read more...]