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About India’s Success In
Developing Its Own Health Related Technologies
“From an innovations perspective,
Asia is currently leading the way, and it is not just India,
China, Japan, and Taiwan, but also economies like Indonesia and
Malaysia that are taking the lead. Asia is definitely seeing
capital inflows, higher growth rates, more stable governments, and
an improving education system. All of these are foundations of a
desire and ability to create and innovate. Further, as Asia
becomes more prosperous, inequity and inefficiencies in healthcare
are becoming clearer, and people are becoming less tolerant of
them. This drives policy makers, technology developers, and the
healthcare industry to focus on innovation.
The Planning Commission in India has
declared that the next five years will see maximum focus on the
healthcare and manufacturing sectors. Health technologies lie
right at the intersection of these two focus areas. I feel very
bullish about the prospects of Asian-style innovation leading
health technologies into the new generation.”
(Abstracts from an Interview with
“Kanav Kahol, PhD, Director of the Division of Affordable Health
Technologies at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) as
published by” The National Bureau Of Asian Research (NBR) – Centre
for Health And Aging)
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