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The Emerging Public Health Challenges of Data Access in an Era of

WebBenjamin Shobert argues that the challenges posed by lack of transparent and symmetrical data during the Covid-19 pandemic are unique to healthcare data and highlight the need for a regulatory system that can make such data available across borders while ensuring privacy protections.

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Health Information Technology (HIT) Case Studies

WebThis 2008 NBR Center for Health and Aging Case Study explores the model and approach of one organization in India, the Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI), and provides a brief analysis of key lessons learned over the past few years. The NBR Center for Health and Aging has updated and expanded its library of HIT case studies for 2007.

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The Politics of Healthcare

WebThe Politics of Healthcare. According to a study from Standard & Poor’s, “No other force is likely to shape the future of national economic health, public finances, and national policies as the irreversible rate at which the world’s population is growing older.”. [1] Indeed, people are living longer—but not necessarily healthier

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Burden and Boon What Covid-19 Means for Global Health R&D

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Shifts in Japan's Life Science and Health Care Policy

WebSome positive and powerful shifts have begun. From about 2000 onward, the government started to consider the life science and healthcare sector as a key engine for Japan’s economic growth. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s 2013 Economic Revitalization Strategy, popularly known as “Abenomics,” and its 2014 revision prioritize the sector as a

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Japan's Evolving Role in Global Health

WebThe weak involvement of Japan’s NGO and private sectors has major implications for Japan’s continuing role in global health. First, the country will remain unable to substantially increase its financial commitment to global health. Currently, government funding accounts for an overwhelming 99.2% of development assistance for health ($652

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Japan Needs to Prioritize a “Population Health” Approach

WebJapan’s population is both aging and declining at a faster rate than any other in the world. As a result, the country’s government, academic research institutions, and life science industry are highly incentivized to leverage Japan’s notable history of technical innovation to ease the aging burden.

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Improving Population Health in the Era of Superaging

WebEXECUTIVE SUMMARY. This essay examines the changing characteristics of the burden of disease in Japan and provides recommendations for national and local policymakers to improve public health in a rapidly aging population.

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Aspiration over Action in Japan's Approach to Health Innovation

WebClaire Topal, Senior Advisor for International Health at NBR, interviewed Ryo Kubota about what Japan’s existing governmental focus on healthcare innovation looks like, where progress could still be made, and what entrenched domestic challenges will need to be addressed to further realize the country’s potential as a leader in healthcare innovation.

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Healthcare in India A Call for Innovative Reform

WebNew Dehli has pledged to increase public spending from 1.0% to 2.5% of GDP, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a specific emphasis on health in the country’s twelfth five-year plan covering 2012-2017. For insight into the reforms needed to improve India’s healthcare, NBR spoke with Victoria Fan, a research fellow at the Center …

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Health Technology Innovation in Japan: Challenges and …

WebHealth-related private sector companies in Japan, such as medical device and diagnostics businesses, face growing domestic market challenges as the Japanese government strives to reduce healthcare costs and address growing health needs brought on by an increasingly aging population.

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Myanmar’s Health Infrastructure

WebThe Evolving Context for Foreign Engagement. On May 22, 2013, NBR hosted an interactive roundtable breakfast discussion with Benjamin Shobert, Founder and Managing Director of Rubicon Strategy Group. Benjamin had recently conducted a healthcare survey in two major cities in Myanmar. From 1962-2010, Myanmar was a closed country under military rule.

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U.S.-China Links in Health and Medical Products: Risks and

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A Milestone for China and Global Health: Implications of China’s …

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Japan’s Healthcare Strategy: In Support of a New Mandate for …

WebRyo Kubota (Acucela, Keio University) discusses why greater strategic leadership will be required for Japan to address its healthcare challenges and explains how a new mandate for the country’s chief medical officer could address that need.

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Emerging Health Challenges for Sri Lanka in the New Millennium

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Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry as a Strategic Focus for …

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China’s Off-the-Chart Air Pollution: Why It Matters (and Not Only …

WebRising levels of air pollution have accompanied three decades of phenomenal economic growth in China. Coal-burning factories and vehicle emissions fouling the air in the country’s major industrial and population centers have made deteriorating air quality a leading health concern that until relatively recently had been downplayed or dismissed …

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