AXA Hong Kong and Macau ("AXA") and UMP Healthcare Holdings Limited ("UMP", Stock Code: 722) jointly announced a strategic partnership to provide one-stop premium cross-border medical and healthcare services and experiences to customers. This marks AXA's maiden venture into expanding its general practitioner clinic services to mainland China, considerably strengthening the medical service support for customers in the Greater Bay Area. By leveraging UMP's extensive medical networks and administrative arrangements, AXA provides customers in the mainland with access to a broader range of medical treatment options and superior medical services.

The NHS is celebrating its 75th anniversary. However, a new Government poll reveals only 53.9% of Brits are happy with the UK’s health system and 9% fewer people are satisfied with their own health than when the survey started in 2010.

International SOS contributed to the improvement of healthcare services in the town of Yamfo in the Ahafo region of Ghana. The company refurbished the Yamfo Health Centre and donated essential lab equipment worth about GHC 103,000 to the facility.

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