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India ranks 10th in EIU’s Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index

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India has been ranked 10th among 11 Asia Pacific countries in a newly-launched ”Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index‘ by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
The index aims to measure the progress of each of the 11 countries towards adopting personalised healthcare, enabling the right care to be made available to the right person at the right time.
The 11 nations ranked in the index are Australia, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and New Zealand.
Overall, Singapore has topped the index. It is followed by Taiwan (2nd), Japan (3rd) and Australia (4th).
Indonesia was the last ranked country at 11th in the index
The ‘Personalised Health Index’ ranks each of the country based on 27 different indicators of personalized health, with each grouped into four categories called ‘Vital Signs’. These include Policy Context, Health Information, Personalised Technologies and Health Services.