Dementia affects one person every three seconds around the world, with nearly 50 million people living with the disease. Worse the number of those affected is expected to cross 132 million by 2050. Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is there a difference? What is Alzheimer’s? It is the most common type of dementia that affects the […]
Universal Health Coverage Day: How Can Health Insurance and Digital Healthcare Help Fight Covid?
When we talk of healthcare coverage, nearly half of the world’s population, that’s whopping over 3.5 billion of us, do not have access to inclusive healthcare. In addition, over 100 million people are forced into extreme poverty every year due to out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. We have seen how countries struggled to deal with the aftermath […]
International Day of Person’s with Disabilities: Caregiving in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Disabled people must be included in healthcare systems if we want to respect human rights, global sustainability, and safety and security. Every seventh person on this planet — a total of more than 1 billion people – has some disability. People living with disabilities are often overlooked, especially when it comes to inclusive healthcare in […]