International health news “Dramatic” drop in HIV infections – The number of AIDS-related deaths and HIV infections has fallen globally from 2.3 million in 2005 to 1.6 million today. Global crisis… Read more »
A recent study has found 33 percent of women never clean their handbags. Traces of bacteria, including E.coli, known to cause food poisoning were found in swabs taken from bags…. Read more »
Shift work is defined as anything outside of a traditional 9am to 5pm working day and of late the number of people working shifts has been rising. Research has shown,… Read more »
Expatriate workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be charged an annual fee of Dhs500 (€102, US$136) from the renewal and issue of health cards. An additional fee of… Read more »
International health news Three major threats to global health – Emerging diseases, drug resistant TB, and bio-weapons have been identified as major threats to global health. Americans enjoy an extra two years of healthy… Read more »
Bupa International has recently released two regional insurance products aimed at people living and working in the Africa region. Working with Jubilee Insurance, the major domestic provider in Kenya and… Read more »
The results of a new survey show what U.S-based business travellers think they know about health insurance, and safety abroad is very different from the reality. The annual Asterisk International Business… Read more »
Plagued by lack of funding and low wages, Hungarian hospitals are now facing the loss of doctors to more lucrative positions abroad. On average, a junior doctor in Hungary earns… Read more »
International health news Lung disease cause of 1 in 10 deaths — 1 in 10 deaths in Europe are caused by lung cancer with rates set to rise due to past… Read more »
Globalsurance has released the results of the 2013 International Private Medical Insurance Review, a study of insurance premium inflation trends in the international private medical insurance (iPMI) industry. The study… Read more »