13-Jul-17 Only half of doctors in China have a five-year medical degree. In an effort to grow the number of licensed physicians, China lowered educational requirements, possibly undermining its efforts to overhaul the Chinese healthcare system. [image: Visual China]

12-Jul-17 Alibaba Health has unveiled its first artificial intelligence service for disease diagnosis. The AI solution called Doctor You, will be used to identify irregularities in CT scans such as inflammatory cells in human organs. [image: South China Morning Post / AP]

10-Jul-17 Harnessing the Internet, Chinese gynaecologist Gong Xiaoming has grown his influence and his own practice. Using the WeChat platform he now takes 90% of his appointments online and he thinks more doctors should follow his lead. [image: IC / Shanghai Daily]

30-Jun-17 40 Chinese firms are interested in investing in a Special Economic Zone in Eldoret, Kenya, which will cost USD2 bn and is targeted at medical tourism, wildlife conservation, film industry, entertainment industry, and manufacturing, among others. [image: PSCU]

29-Jun-17 China will diversify how it pays healthcare costs in a bid to stem "irrational growth". The Ministry of Finance said it would develop methods including fees according to diagnoses, fees linked to diseases, and per capita or bed-linked fees. [image: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters]