International Health Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/international-health/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Mon, 01 Jul 2019 19:04:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png International Health Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/international-health/ 32 32 Developing Countries Are Being Ripped Off By Big Pharma https://ecsii.com/developing-countries-are-being-ripped-off-by-big-pharma/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 19:00:28 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2250 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 Read More

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]]> Commonwealth Health Ministers Meet To Strategise Universal Health Coverage https://ecsii.com/commonwealth-health-ministers-meet-to-strategise-universal-health-coverage/ Fri, 17 May 2019 16:08:05 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2177 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 Read More

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]]> Taiwan & St. Kitts Join Forces to Reduce Chronic Kidney Disease https://ecsii.com/taiwan-st-kitts-join-forces-to-reduce-chronic-kidney-disease/ https://ecsii.com/taiwan-st-kitts-join-forces-to-reduce-chronic-kidney-disease/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:15:58 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2060 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 Read More

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]]> https://ecsii.com/taiwan-st-kitts-join-forces-to-reduce-chronic-kidney-disease/feed/ 0 Severe Food Insecurity Plagues Latin America and the Caribbean https://ecsii.com/severe-food-insecurity-plagues-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/ https://ecsii.com/severe-food-insecurity-plagues-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/#respond Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:06:33 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1777 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 Read More

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]]> https://ecsii.com/severe-food-insecurity-plagues-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/feed/ 0 Why US Health Insurance Plans Don’t Include Medical Travel? https://ecsii.com/why-dont-us-health-insurance-plans-include-medical-travel/ https://ecsii.com/why-dont-us-health-insurance-plans-include-medical-travel/#respond Fri, 09 Nov 2018 18:45:01 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1768 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. https://www.imtj.com/articles/why-us-health-insurance-plans-dont-include-medical-travel/

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]]> https://ecsii.com/why-dont-us-health-insurance-plans-include-medical-travel/feed/ 0 OECS to Strengthen ties with French Territories https://ecsii.com/oecs-to-strengthen-ties-with-french-territories/ https://ecsii.com/oecs-to-strengthen-ties-with-french-territories/#respond Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:38:42 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1758             The health ministers of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in October in Grenada and advanced new health initiatives including strengthening  their cooperation with their neighboring French territories to ensure that no citizen of OECS member states ‘are left behind’ when it comes to accessing health services. Read More

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]]> https://ecsii.com/oecs-to-strengthen-ties-with-french-territories/feed/ 0 PAHO: Caribbean to do more in fight against HIV https://ecsii.com/paho-caribbean-to-do-more-in-fight-against-hiv/ https://ecsii.com/paho-caribbean-to-do-more-in-fight-against-hiv/#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:57:20 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1751 According to Wikipedia, the ‘Caribbean is the second-most affected region in the world in terms of HIV prevalence rates’ after sub-Saharan Africa. Several factors affects this epidemic, including poverty, gender, sex tourism, and stigma. Additionally, other key important issues for the region include: The percentage of people in the Caribbean with suppressed viral loads is Read More

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]]> https://ecsii.com/paho-caribbean-to-do-more-in-fight-against-hiv/feed/ 0 New Children’s Hospital for Western Jamaica https://ecsii.com/new-childrens-hospital-for-western-jamaica/ https://ecsii.com/new-childrens-hospital-for-western-jamaica/#respond Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:19:29 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1726 The governments of Jamaica and China yesterday signed an agreement for the construction of a new US$ 36M Children’s Hospital in Montego Bay, St James. The facility will be the second children’s hospital to be built in the island with the first being the Bustamante Children’s Hospital in Kingston built in 1963, and will be Read More

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]]> https://ecsii.com/new-childrens-hospital-for-western-jamaica/feed/ 0 Forecasting Life Expectancy: 2016-2040 https://ecsii.com/forecasting-life-expectancy-2016-2040/ https://ecsii.com/forecasting-life-expectancy-2016-2040/#respond Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:14:02 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1721 How healthy will the world be in 2040? If things continue as they are now, the answer is better off than we are today: Life expectancy will be, on average, 4.4 years higher for both women and men around the globe by 2040. That’s according to a new report, published in the journal The Lancet. Read More

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]]> https://ecsii.com/forecasting-life-expectancy-2016-2040/feed/ 0 FOR SALE https://ecsii.com/for-sale/ https://ecsii.com/for-sale/#respond Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:13:02 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1713 Private hospital located in the English-speaking Caribbean. Ideal for medical tourism or off-shore medical school. Owners are retiring and want to recoup their investment.  Price: US$30 M (negotiable) Includes: 4 acres land & all buildings Dedicated multi-specialty physician group (family practice, pediatrics, general surgery, radiology, internal med, cardiology, ortho, neuro, etc.) 30 + inpatient beds, Read More

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