Monthly Archives: October 2009

Healthcare Reform, Chinese Start Up Style (Meiloo.com is taking off)

Written by Damjan. Posted on October 28, 2009. Filed under China, Company Profile. No comments.
A few months ago we interviewed Yan Zhang and Jeffrey Wu and profiled their Beijing-based internet start-up Meiloo.Com.  We summed up Meiloo.com’s business model in the following way; In brief, Meiloo is a health care provider referral gateway, connecting patients seeking care with health care providers in Beijing and Shanghai.  Their business model is simple – [...]

CNN says healthcare in India = Good, healthcare in China = Bad. Just another reason why CNN’s ratings stink.

Written by Damjan. Posted on October 27, 2009. Filed under Asia, NOT-China, China, News Items, Public Health. 8 Comments.
China's healthcare efforts are described as "struggling" and "corrupt", India's healthcare efforts are characterized as "making progress" and "praiseworthy". The truth is, both characterizations are grossly misleading - China's healthcare system ain't all bad, and India's healthcare system is primarily made up of third world components.

Human capital continues to depart the Philippines

Written by Damjan. Posted on October 25, 2009. Filed under Asia, NOT-China, News Items, Public Health. No comments.
he Philippines is the leading provider of health professional manpower to many parts of the world. It ranked first and second, respectively, in the country list of the highest number of registered nurses and doctors exported worldwide in 2004, with an annual percent increase reaching as high as 5.2 percent. These figures speak well of the global quality of health professionals produced and still being produced in the country. However the numbers also define an underlying concern that seeks well-deserved attention—the chronic shortage of local healthcare professionals in the country.

Creating a genetic map of Asia: A Book Talk

Written by Damjan. Posted on October 22, 2009. Filed under Asia, NOT-China, China, News Items. 1 Comment.
Posted By Damjan DeNoble I am currently reading Steve Olson’s “Mapping Human History” and there is a part of the book that deals with the genetic mapping of Southeast Asia, a history that is very relevant to our work here at AHCB.  In essence Steve Olson provides a layman’s explanation of where our genes come from, [...]

Why Didn’t Chinese Peasants Riot During the Great Famine

Written by Damjan. Posted on October 15, 2009. Filed under China. 2 Comments.
Today I discovered the talented Xujun Eberlein and her Inside Out China Blog.  Currently Xujun is researching her family history in Sichuan, and this has led to her researching the period of time between 1959 and 1962, when some 20 million Chinese peasants are thought to have died due to disastrous farming policies instituted by [...]