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Mandatory health insurance scrapped for visitors to Ecuador

Expats that wish to get to know Ecuador before they decide to move permanently, or those who want to make short trips to the country for other reasons (the beautiful… Read more »

Health Insurance    ecuador, expat health insurance, health insurance

Telepresence robots helping ill kids stay connected

Technology is increasingly being used in the world of health and now, thanks to new technological developments, it’s helping children who suffer from long-term illnesses stay in school. With a… Read more »

Healthcare    robots in schools, UK

Uruguay goes green with solar-powered airport

In terms of health, Uruguay is one of the leading countries in Latin America. Besides its high quality health care at an affordable price, the small country keeps reducing its… Read more »

Country Updates    air pollution, climate change, go green, Uruguay

Health restrictions for expats in Kuwait

Residency requires a ‘clean bill of health’. A recent list announced by The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health tightens Kuwait’s immigration rules. Now expats with 1 of 22 non-infectious illnesses will… Read more »

Country Updates    expat health, Kuwait

Amsterdam striving to reduce child obesity

We are used to hearing about how, in most places in the western world, child obesity rates are rapidly rising. In Amsterdam however, these numbers are falling thanks to their… Read more »

Country Updates   

UK calorie consumption creeping upwards

Towards the end of 2017, a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found the UK to be the most obese country in western Europe. The UK… Read more »

Country Updates   

Nigeria’s biggest outbreak of Lassa fever

You may have read about the disease that is currently spreading throughout Nigeria in last weeks health roundup. The outbreak of Lassa fever started in January and there is still… Read more »

Country Updates   

Ticks could be the next global health threat

Over the last decade, diseases such as Ebola, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) have caused health scares across the world. The one thing that… Read more »

Global Health Topics   

Soaring rates of measles in Europe

A measles epidemic has spread across Europe with the number of cases quadrupling over the past year. More than 20,000 people have been affected and 35 deaths have been recorded…. Read more »

Global Health Topics   

New Zealand is planning for extreme heat effects of global warming

Increasingly high temperatures caused by global warming are becoming a major problem in New Zealand. The government is now looking to introduce plans like those in Australia to try and… Read more »

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