Rochelle Tanujoyo | The Hankyoreh The World Health Assembly has changed significantly in one day of committee sessions. From many proposed solutions, two have emerged that intend to fully tackle the complex issue that is medical tourism. On Day 3, the World Health Assembly sifted through all the proposed solutions, and two draft resolutions are in the making. The first one from the bloc led by Japan that includes delegates of nations like Nigeria, the US, Belgium and more. Th

The World Health Assembly opens on the topic of medical tourism, working to find a solution to brain drain and patient safety risks while retaining its economic advantages. Rochelle Tanujoyo | The Hankyoreh The World Health Assembly has opened on the topic of medical tourism. The opening speeches of the delegates came to a common consensus. Countries that benefited from medical tourism acknowledged its negative effects and called for countries to work together in order to mai

Sakthi Muralikrishna | Kyodo News The Japanese Delegate and other Delegates discuss their policy in the World Health Assembly (WHA). Japan remains a hot-spot for medical tourism throughout the world for world-class cancer treatments, aesthetic procedures and other advanced treatments with its first-class medical technologies and research. Although medical tourism seems to be an absolute positive for the development of healthcare on the surface, many issues lie with it. Many i