Tech-powered War on AMR

In 2022, the World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region (WHO SEAR) released the third progress analysis of impleme...

July 4, 2023 | Tuesday | Analysis
Singapore launches 2023 National Strategy for Palliative Care

The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Singaore has launched the 2023 National Strategy for Palliative Care (NSPC), which outli...

July 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Malaysia-based DC Healthcare to raise RM49.81 M from IPO

DC Healthcare Holdings Berhad, an established aesthetic medical services provider specialising in the provision of non-i...

June 28, 2023 | Wednesday | News
International Vaccine Institute enhances cholera surveillance in Nepal

As part of the ECHO project, South Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has remodeled a microbiology l...

June 28, 2023 | Wednesday | News
APAC Cardiovascular Disease Alliance to tackle heart disease in Asia

Patient organisations, allied health professionals, academia, corporate partners and a global health think-tank have com...

June 27, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Multilateral development banks & WHO launch new investment platform to strengthen healthcare

In a landmark development aimed at investing in and strengthening essential, climate and crisis-resilient primary health...

June 23, 2023 | Friday | News
WHO certifies Belize in Central America as malaria-free

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified Belize as malaria-free, following the country’s over 70 years of...

June 22, 2023 | Thursday | News
Study recommends heightened focus on quality AMR data generation in Bangladesh

CAPTURA, a Fleming Fund, UK Aid initiative, led by the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to increase the volume of q...

June 21, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australian government unveils plans of building Institute for Infectious Disease

The Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) is a visionary $650 million project supported by the Victorian St...

June 21, 2023 | Wednesday | News
HSA in Singapore receives recognition as WHO stringent regulatory authority for IVDs

Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a WHO stringe...

June 16, 2023 | Friday | News
Malaysia's EW Group enters China market partnering with Sinopharm

European Wellness Biomedical Group (EW Group), headquartered in Germany and Malaysia, has announced its partnership...

June 15, 2023 | Thursday | News
Global agreement to provide primary cancer screening test for LMICs

Japanese firm Sojitz Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HIROTSU Bioscience&n...

June 15, 2023 | Thursday | News
CSIRO invests $25 M to drive biotech innovation in Australia

Australia’s national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has inv...

June 13, 2023 | Tuesday | News
HKSH Medical Group and UCLA Health ink agreement for cancer management in Hong Kong

HKSH Medical Group (HKSH) and UCLA Health have signed a Development Agreement to strengthen their partnership in knowled...

June 13, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Indonesia partners with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for health transformation

The Indonesian Ministry of Health has partnered with The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) through a Memorandum...

June 13, 2023 | Tuesday | News
China's Fosun Pharma partners with IFC to improve access to high quality medicines in Africa

To support stronger healthcare delivery and outcomes in West Africa, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) has...

June 7, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Vietnam announces launch of world's first spore probiotic nasal spray

Dr Nguyen Hoa Anh - R&D Director - Chairman of LiveSpo Pharma, is presenting LiveSpo's breakthrough spore ...

June 7, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer Vietnam inks MoU for child healthcare with Vietnam Pediatrics Association

Pfizer Vietnam has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vietnam Pediatrics Association to enhance the cap...

June 5, 2023 | Monday | News
Asian Institute of Technology & Rockefeller Foundation accelerate health knowledge exchange

Thailand-headquartered Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and The Rockefeller Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Un...

June 5, 2023 | Monday | News
Malaysia launches first purpose-built healthcare and wellness city in Southeast Asia

KL Wellness City (KLWC), the first purpose-built township project in Southeast Asia to cultivate a lifest...

June 2, 2023 | Friday | News
US-based National Comprehensive Cancer Network to improve standards in cancer care for Vietnam

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centres in the United...

June 1, 2023 | Thursday | News
Fullerton Health opens flagship health screening centre in Singapore

Fullerton Health Group (FHG) has officially launched its newest and largest Health Screening Centre at Novena Squar...

May 31, 2023 | Wednesday | News
India-Australia partnership to tackle non-communicable diseases

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Chhattisgarh Health Department in India and Australia's ...

May 29, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore leapfrogs innovation and entrepreneurship in gerontology for Asia

Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) has launched the inaugural Geronpreneurship Innovation Festival and multi...

May 25, 2023 | Thursday | News
Thailand develops nasal spray with highly effective antibodies against COVID-19

A research team at the Centre of Excellence in Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Thai...

May 24, 2023 | Wednesday | News