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Africa Medical Travel Solutions for Healthcare Alex Piper, President OneWorld Global Healthcare Solutions, Inc. INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL TOURISM CONFERENCE 4TH EDITION - FUTURE OF MEDICAL TOURISM 2015
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- 1. Africa Medical Travel Solutions for Healthcare Alex Piper, President OneWorld Global Healthcare Solutions, Inc. www.oneworldglobalhealthcaresolutions.com INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL TOURISM CONFERENCE 4TH EDITION - FUTURE OF MEDICAL TOURISM 2015
- 2. TOPICS •International Position of Africa •Healthcare in Africa •Medical Travel in Africa •Future of Medical Travel in Africa •Opportunities to Attract Medical Travel Patients from Africa •Conclusion
- 3. International Position of Africa
- 4. International Position of Africa •Second Largest Continent in the World •Second Most Population •1.1 billion (2013) • Fifty-four (54) Countries
- 5. Largest Metropolitan Areas in Africa 1. Lagos, Nigeria 2. Cairo, Egypt 3. Kinshasa – Brazzaville, DRC 4. Greater Johannesburg, South Africa 5. Mogadishu, Somalia 6. Khartoum-Omduram Sudan 7. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 8. Alexandria, Egypt 9. Abidjan, Ivory Coast 10. Casablanca, Morocco
- 6. International Position of Africa • Very young population with most people being under the age of 25 • Africa remains the world's poorest and most underdeveloped continent • The poorest 25 ranked nations (151st to 175th) were all African.
- 7. International Position of Africa Rank Country GDP (PPP, 2015) millions of USD 1 Nigeria 1,108,720 2 Egypt 989,886 3 South Africa 725,004 4 Algeria 571,210 5 Morocco 265,723 6 Angola 185,172 7 Sudan 165,836 8 Ethiopia 158,345 9 Kenya 142,742 10 Tanzania 137,505
- 8. International Position of Africa Rank Country/Region GDP (Millions of US$) 1 United States 17,418,925 2 China 10,380,380 3 Japan 4,616,335 4 Germany 3,859,547 5 United Kingdom 2,945,146 6 France 2,846,889 7 Brazil 2,353,025 8 Italy 2,147,952 9 India 2,049,501 10 Russia 1,857,461 11 Canada 1,788,717 IMF rank
- 10. Healthcare in Africa • Vastly underfunded • $25B - $35B needed over the period 2010 – 2020 to meet needs • Private healthcare accounts for about 50% of ALL healthcare financing and spending • 10% of Hospital Spending is spent on equipment • Life expectancy at birth is 54 yrs • Maternal Mortality Rate is 620/10,000 births
- 11. Medical Travel in Africa
- 12. Where Do African Patients Go? 1. South Africa 2. India 3. Dubai 4. Malaysia 5. China
- 13. Why Do African Patients Travel? 1. Quality Treatment 2. Affordability 3. Lack of domestic capability 4. Reputation of the Destination
- 14. Why Do African Patients Travel? 1. Open Heart Surgery 2. Renal Transplants 3. Brain Surgery 4. Cancer Treatments 5. Eye Treatments
- 15. How Do African Patients Pay? Cash
- 16. How Many Africans Travel? 1. 3,000 Nigerians per month travel to India 2. They spend $200 million per year doing that 3. In 2009, 4,000 visas were issued to Nigerians seeking medical treatment, by India 4. In 2012, 38,000 visas were issued to Nigerians, by India 1. 18,000 travelled for medical treatment 2. spending $260m, or $15,000 each.
- 17. Future of Medical Travel in Africa Duplicate the Nigerian numbers to other African countries African healthcare spending continues to lag WHO requirements
- 18. How to Attract African Patients Duplicate what successful countries are doing Invest in the process to attract patients
- 19. Get on the Ground!!
- 20. Corporate Responsibility = Country Returns
- 21. Advertise
- 22. Partner with Primary Healthcare Physicians
- 23. Cut Costs
- 28. Quiz Rank the following countris from lowest insurance premium to highest insurance premium for a medical travel insurance program from Africa to the selected country. • The country with the lowest insurance premium would be ranked number one • The country with the second lowest premium would be ranked number two
- 29. Quiz 1. Spain 2. Korea 3. Dubai 4. India 5. United States of America 6. United Kingdom 7. France 8. Mexico 9. Republic of South Africa 10. Jordan 11. Colombia
- 30. Africa Medical Travel Solutions for Healthcare Alex Piper, President OneWorld Global Healthcare Solutions, Inc. www.oneworldglobalhealthcaresolutions.com INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL TOURISM CONFERENCE 4TH EDITION - FUTURE OF MEDICAL TOURISM 2015