Health care under attack in Syria civil war: study

Health care workers, clinics and hospitals were attacked more than 400 times last year in Syria’s civil war, according to data gathered with the mobile phone application WhatsApp, a medical journal reported on Friday.

Data problems hinder IT application in health insurance

Incomplete data is among the issues hindering the application of information technology in health insurance, according to a report by the Ministry of Health’s Health Insurance Department.

Gov’t targets 90% health insurance coverage

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has asked the Việt Nam Social Insurance and Ministry of Health to work harder in the time ahead to have at least 90 per cent of the population covered by health insurance by 2020, as demanded by the Prime Minister.

Health-care data not giving full picture A comprehensive assessment of Viet Nam's health-care sector was necessary to improve the quality and trustworthiness of its information databases, said Deputy Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan.