An integrated approach to women's health equity

Women’s health equity is a fundamental issue that affects women’s overall well-being, as well as their socia...

March 10, 2023 | Friday | Opinion
Korea announces global study to determine burden of HPV among girls and women

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), in South Korea, has announced the start of a multi-country study to better un...

March 9, 2023 | Thursday | News
Women-led healthcare startup innovations receive $750k investment in Australia

The University of Melbourne, Australia will provide pre-seed investment to support two innovative female-founded healthc...

March 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
"We would like to see more investment in women's healthcare R&D that currently accounts for only 4%"

How is the femtech industry evolving in Asia? Can you share a few market trends and future growth predictions? Though w...

March 6, 2023 | Monday | Opinion
How Plausible is Ending TB Scourge?

Over the last three years, countries around the world, including in Asia and the Pacific, have faced double pandemics &n...

March 6, 2023 | Monday | Analysis
ADVANcing Clinical Evidence in Infectious Diseases network launches in Singapore

ADVANcing Clinical Evidence in Infectious Diseases (ADVANCE-ID) was officially launched at the ADVANCE-ID Launch Symposi...

March 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Public health experts launch Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change to discuss challenges

Behavioural science has the power to help overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges, leading public health e...

March 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
Japan's GHIT strengthens ties with Unitaid to improve access to critical health tools

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) and global health agency Unitaid have signed a cooper...

March 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
Dr Teo Ho Pin steps in as Chairperson of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board in Singapore

Dr Teo Ho Pin will assume the role of the Chairperson of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board ...

March 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Private & public sectors discuss collaboration to advance Indonesian healthcare system

East Ventures, a pioneering sector-agnostic venture capital firm that has supported over 250 tech companies across South...

February 27, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan bags new opportunity to improve healthcare system

Omi Medical Center, a part of the Seikoukai Social Medical Corporation and one of Japan's leading institu...

February 27, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore-based startup Genetica launches decentralised science platform for precision medicine

Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) biotech company Genetica has launched the decentralised science platform Ge...

February 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Hong Kong Govt injects additional $500 M into Chinese Medicine Development Fund

During the Budget speech of 2023-24, the Hong Kong government has announced plans to inject an additional amount of $500...

February 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore releases first set of guidelines for perinatal mental health

Singapore’s first set of guidelines on perinatal mental health was launched recently at SingHealth Duke-NUS Matern...

February 20, 2023 | Monday | News
Oxford Nanopore enhances access of new-gen DNA sequencing technology across Asia Pacific

UK-based Oxford Nanopore Technologies has announced an extension of its collaboration with US-based UPS Healthcare to ac...

February 17, 2023 | Friday | News
Anthill and SparkLabs to boost international growth for Indian and Korean startups

Anthill Ventures, an India-headquartered startup accelerator fund and growth ecosystem, and SparkLabs, a renowned global...

February 17, 2023 | Friday | News
Indonesia unveils key steps to develop genomics ecosystem

Unravelling Indonesia’s genomics opportunity to upgrade the nation’s healthcare infrastructure, a whitepaper...

February 16, 2023 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong to build Centre for Immersive Learning and Metaverse in education

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) have signed a Memorandum ...

February 14, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore unveils 2023 action plan for successful ageing

The Ministerial Committee on Ageing (MCA) in Singapore has launched the 2023 Action Plan for Successful Ageing to addres...

February 10, 2023 | Friday | News
Integrated Health Corridors can deliver quality healthcare across emerging markets

Accessibility to quality healthcare is commonly regarded as a fundamental human right for every person. This is outlined...

February 9, 2023 | Thursday | Analysis
A Stitch in Time to Save Lives

When United States President Joseph R. Biden introduced the relaunch of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative in 2022, NCCN was...

February 7, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Cancer Therapeutics Gaining Ground in APAC

An estimated 8.7 million Asians were afflicted with cancer in 2020. That's nearly half of all new global cancer cases. I...

February 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australia moves from two doses to one of HPV vaccine for routine immunisation

The Australian government has announced to shift from two doses to a single dose of the Gardasil9 human papillomavirus (...

February 6, 2023 | Monday | News
New Zealand undertakes locally driven research to improve eye health

Pacific eye health leaders recognise that strengthening eye health systems requires evidenced-based research informed by...

February 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia invests $3.9 M to prevent and support workers with incurable dust disease

The government is taking action to reduce the rates of occupational respiratory disease in Australia ...

February 2, 2023 | Thursday | News