by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 2, 2024 | ASEAN, Asia, Health, News, Thailand
Thailand’s Rural Doctors Movement (RDM) has won the 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Award for its long and continuing contribution to Thai people’s health. The board of trustees of the Foundation says that the RDM was among five awardees this year. The four others are...
by Teuvo Tuomi | May 31, 2024 | Digitalization, Health, Indonesia, News, Technology
SpaceX’s Starlink has launched its internet service in Indonesia. The service is being tested on the country’s health sector by allowing healthcare professionals to input real-time data, alleviating challenges such as stunting and malnutrition. There are currently...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 9, 2024 | Health, ASEAN, Lifestyle, Philippines, Society, Southeast Asia
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that almost 800 million people in the Western Pacific region, including the Philippines, do not have full access to basic health services. WHO says that two in five people—about 782 million—still cannot get essential health...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 28, 2024 | Vietnam, Economy, Technology, Visions
Vietnam aims to become a pharmaceutical hub for high-value pharmaceutical production by 2050. This is one of the goals set out in the Master Plan for the healthcare network for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050, which the Prime Minister has approved. Modern...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 16, 2023 | Health, News, Technology, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh -based Cho Ray Hospital, one of Vietnam’s leading medical facilities, says it has successfully produced two new radioactive drugs used to diagnose, monitor, and treat prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors. The two drugs are Ga-68 PSMA and Ga-68...
