Healthcare

South Africa is a democratic republic with a stable political system. The economic environment is forecast to remain stable, with policy focus on employment creation through growth and stability. The healthcare industry faces daunting challenges, with severe infrastructure and skills shortages in the public sector. These shortages create market opp...

Vietnam has a stable single party constitutional republic. The stability is likely to remain, even in the Eleventh Party Congress scheduled for January 2011, with Communist party's continuation of power. Vietnamese economy is witnessing robust growth. It benefitted from structural changes made as a preparation for WTO accession in 2007, which liber...

The global economic slowdown affected almost every nation across the globe, though, the impact varied from country to country. The article discusses the healthcare system, current healthcare related issues and recent health sector initiatives in five developed nations, namely the United States, Japan, Germany, France and United Kingdom. In addition...

Chinese healthcare industry witnessed one of the fastest growths in the world in the last two decades. The growth of the healthcare industry was mainly driven by globalization initiatives and increased domestic and foreign investment after WTO accession. The government is continuously working to reform the health sector and healthcare development i...

Though most countries were affected by the current economic slowdown, the impact varied from country to country. The article looks into the affect of slowdown in six emerging countries, namely Brazil, Russia, China, India, Mexico and Poland and covers the highlights of economic stimulus measures adopted by these countries. The article also provides...

Between 2003-2008 Russia witnessed robust economic growth, attributed mainly to strong Ruble and high oil prices in the international market. The growth was also supported by surge in domestic demand and increased investment in the country. All this had a positive impact on the healthcare industry which experienced strong growth over these years. H...

Globally, nations are experiencing a decline in population growth rate accompanied by fall in mortality rate, increase in life expectancy and improvement in health condition. However, these trends have resulted in an increase in percent of aged people in the total population or an Aging Society. The segment gives an overview of the common demogra...

Expiring patents on revenue generating drugs, competition from generic drugs and increasing research and development cost, is forcing pharmaceutical manufacturers to often outsource drug discovery processes. Over the years pharmaceutical outsourcing has moved up the value chain from non core functions to even core functions. The segment gives an ov...

Healthcare for all and improvement in the healthcare system are the current key goals of the Chinese government. The government's healthcare programs and other initiatives taken over the years have resulted in leading healthcare indicators show a positive trend. The healthcare infrastructure and healthcare services are improving the country. Howeve...