Mid-June Task Force Health Care (TFHC) organised an incoming visit concerning a delegation of 14 Brazilian healthcare organisations. The South American delegation was welcomed by Director General Curative Bas van den Dungen (Min. Health, Welfare & Sport). The kick off incorporated a seminar covering the theme: Dutch Health System & Integrated approaches. Throughout the week approximately 30 different Dutch healthcare organisations received the Brazilian delegation.

Claudio Terra (Director of Innovation and Knowledge Management) of the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paolo was given the honour to represent the organising team and summarise their experience in the Netherlands:

‘’The excellent evaluation of the Dutch health system can be explained by the fact that in the Netherlands healthcare professionals and patients are more involved in important Life Science & Health sector decisions than in other countries, where discussions are only allocated to bureaucrats in political and financial institutions.’’

Furthermore, Claudio Terra added  several words of appreciation regarding the influence of TFHC on their stay in the Netherlands. He continued: ‘’One of the most important meetings was with Mr. Thijs Teeling, chairman of the Task Force Health Care, public-private platform for the healthcare industry, established in 1996. This platform encourages cooperation and the exchange of knowledge between more than 100 partners (government , industries, universities, NGOs and research institutions), represents the Netherlands in international cooperation relations on healthcare, and promotes innovation "Smart Solutions" to the major health challenges.’’

Following this incoming visit, the TFHC hopes to strengthen their relations and broaden their network with the Brazilian healthcare sector!

Several economic missions will be conducted by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in the coming months. These missions provide significant chances for Dutch companies to set up international collaborations in the sector Life Sciences and Health.

The Task Force Health Care (TFHC) is mainly responsible for the organisation of a Life Sciences and Health programme during these international missions. More information can be found (in Dutch) at the website of RVO.

The upcoming economic mission are:

• 18 – 24 September 2016: Thailand and Vietnam
• 18 – 22 October 2016: economic mission to Japan
• 23 – 28 October 2016: Economic mission to China
• 31 October – 4 November 2016: Economic mission to Australia
• 7 – 9 November 2016: Economic mission to New-Zealand
• 21 – 24 November 2016: Economic mission to Indonesia

Task Force Health Care and Health~Holland proudly present the fourth edition of the Health~Holland Guide. This guide presents a wide range of innovative Dutch organisations, which are active worldwide in the Life Sciences & Healthcare sector (LSH). For years the guide has been a successful way to increase the brand awareness of companies and boost their business throughout the world. And that is still very much the case. The Health~Holland Guide (HHG) has been developed to enlarge the market of Life Sciences & Health SMEs both within the Netherlands and abroad. It contains the profiles of over 120 companies with short descriptions of their business services. This information is supported by a thematic matrix of all company specialisations. The new Health~Holland Guide can be found on the website of TFHC. 

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