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Going private in poorer countries
Oped, Titir Bhattacharya & Tanika Chakraborty, Published on 19/06/2024
» In recent years, governments in low- and middle-income countries have been experimenting with ways to alleviate the financial burden of high out-of-pocket costs for health care, which account for 40% of households' catastrophic health spending. To ensure universal access, they are gradually shifting away from public provision of health care to publicly funded insurance that covers treatment at private facilities.
Antiracism Push Prompts Rethink of Asia's 'Beautiful White' Creams
Business, Suryatapa Bhattacharya & Megumi Fujikawa, Published on 13/09/2021
» Global skin-care companies are split over a term commonly used on Asian antiblemish creams that means "beautiful white," with Unilever PLC erasing it from products while Johnson & Johnson says it isn't offensive.