Over 400 participants for the first Latin American Global Medicine and Wellness Congress to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica
- by crv.staff
- 20.04.10
- 11:01 AM UTC
By Richard Barone
The first Latin American Global Medicine and Wellness Congress will take place this April 26 through 28 in San Jose Costa Rica at the Ramada Hotel Convention Center in Plaza Herradura. There will be over 400 participants, 75 exhibition stands and over 750 business meetings held in this premiere presentation of the PROMED group.
Image: promedcostarica.com
Who is PROMED? PROMED is the Congress for the International Promotion of Costa Rican medicine. It is a private nonprofit organization
that assures the quality of medical services provided by the Costa Rican health industry. PROMED promotes and coordinates public and private sector health care providers. Health tourism offers greater international market competitiveness. With the support of International organizations, PROMED supervises, develops and promotes health care provider certifications to bring the highest standards to Costa Rica’s medical tourism industry.
Just how timely is this event? Consider some relevant facts about Costa Rica in relation to global health and you will see.
Health tourism facts:
Annual health care spending worldwide $60 billion
By 2010 it will be $100 Billion
By 2015 220 million people over 50 will need medical attention
A quarter of a million Americans traveled to other countries for medical attention in 2007
By 2010 6 million Americans will travel to other countries for medical attention
Facts about Costa Rica’s health care ranking show enormous potential for growth in this industry. Here are a few notable ones to think about:
- Costa Rica is 36th in ranking of the world’s health systems. The United States ranks 37. Ref.;The World Health Report 2000 – Health systems: Improving performance
- Highest rank in Political Stability and Absence of Violence in Latin America. Ref.; World Bank, 2007
- San José is first among Latin American countries in the Worldwide Business Trip Index. Ref.; The Economist Intelligence Unit 2006
- Number 1 High Tech Exporter of Latin America, 5th worldwide World Economic Forum. Ref.; Global Information Technology Report 2007 2008
- Best educational system in Latin America, 36th worldwide. Ref.; World Economic Forum. The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008
- The highest Adult Literacy Rate 94.9% Ref.; World Economic Forum. The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008
- San José ranks 4th among the cities with the best quality of life in Latin America. Ref.;The Economist Intelligence Unit, Livability Rankings 2008
Costa Rica’s popularity in world health care and wellness tourism is growing quickly and PROMED is leading the way. Check out their web site at www.globalmedicinecongress.com
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