Health

The World Bank is lending US$400 million to expand the coverage and the quality of interventions for the control of Tuberculosis (TB), which kills approximately half a million people in India every year.

The Indian air purifier market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 28% during 2019-2024 to reach over US$220 million by 2024, on the back of rising expenditure on health and wellness products along with growing awareness regarding...

The Indian diabetes market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16.7% during 2019-2024, having reached US$1,954 million in 2018.

Radiant Life Care Private Limited has completed the acquisition of a 49.7% stake in Max Healthcare Institute Limited from South Africa-based hospital operator Life Healthcare, it was announced 21 June 2019.

Fairfax-backed Digit Insurance, an Indian insurtech startup with a mission to “Make Insurance Simple”, has reached 2.8 million customers with US$172 million premium in FY 2018-19.

The Indian tourism industry is seeing a shift from destination-based to experience-based tourism, especially from millennial tourists, whose itinerary tops by Tamil Nadu.

The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) market in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of 2.61% to reach US$197 million by 2024, from US$169 million in 2018.

The Baxter International Foundation has announced a US$2.2 million grant to Operation Smile, one of the world’s largest volunteer-based surgical nonprofit organizations, to deliver free surgical and multidisciplinary care to underserved communities in India.

The World Bank has signed a US$287 million loan agreement for the Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Programme which aims to improve the quality of health care, reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and fill equity gaps in reproductive...

The Indian anesthesia devices market is estimated to register a CAGR of 12.2% during 2019-2024, growing in value to US$975.5 million by 2024 from approximately US$494 million for 2018.