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Kazakhstan Targets 300,000 Medical Tourists a Year
Kazakhstan treated about 80,000 international patients last year and has set a target of 300,000, with proton therapy and lower prices as its main draws.
Sunway Bets on Gulf Patients Rerouting to Asia
Sunway Healthcare expects more Middle East patients as conflict reroutes medical travel to Asia, The Edge Malaysia reported, after a RM3 billion listing.
Siemens-AMCE Deal Targets Nigeria Care Drain
Siemens Healthineers has signed a diagnostics and cancer-care partnership with the African Medical Centre of Excellence in Nigeria, aimed at keeping patients who now travel abroad closer to home.
Argentina Formally Leaves the World Health Organization
Argentina has formally withdrawn from the World Health Organization, a year after filing notice and months after the United States made the same move.
Jhpiego Names Allyson Bear as President and CEO
Allyson Bear will lead the Johns Hopkins-affiliated global health organisation Jhpiego from 1 April, succeeding Leslie Mancuso after more than two decades.
Malaysia Medical Tourism Feeds a Wider Economy
Malaysia's medical tourism earned over RM3 billion in hospital revenue last year and, on an estimated fourfold multiplier, up to RM12 billion for the wider economy.
Russian Searches Lift Thailand Medical Tourism
Russian-speaking search interest in medical and wellness travel to Thailand rose through late 2025, a Yango Ads report cited by ITIJ found, led by demand for spa treatment.
Azerbaijan Has the Assets but Not the Product
Azerbaijan holds some of the richest natural health assets in its region and almost none of the health tourism market that could be built on them, Azer News reported.
Lagos Bids to Reverse Its Medical Tourism Losses
Lagos State has spent years reforming its hospitals to slow the outbound medical travel that costs Nigeria billions of dollars a year, a Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce forum heard.
Middle East Turmoil Reshapes Medical Tourism
Geopolitical instability forces global healthcare providers to pivot, impacting international patient flows and revenue streams.
Government Strategies and Investments in Medical Tourism Policy
Building Global Health and Wellness Clusters
Albania Bets on Trust to Build Medical Tourism
A forum in Tirana has set out Albania's bid to become a trusted regional destination for medical tourism, arguing that the trade turns on trust rather than on treatment alone.