To follow up on recent Colombian-Dutch initiatives in the healthcare sector (factfinding, outbound mission and incoming visits) TFHC, together with the Holland House Colombia and the Dutch Embassy in Bogotá, organised a Roadshow in Colombia with Dutch participants in the fields of Public Health, eHealth, Medical Devices and Hospital Build.
The visit was organised to strengthen the relationships, to facilitate cooperation between both Businesses and Knowledge institutes– and to consolidate Dutch participation in the many opportunities that the strongly improving and developing Colombian Healthcare sector present. Ten Dutch organisations had the opportunity to present their smart solution during Dutch-Colombian Healthcare Seminars with high-level Colombian invitees. During field visits the Dutch delegation was able to work towards projects or business opportunities and were brought in contact with relevant stakeholders / business partners from Bogotá, Calí, Medellín, and Bucaramanga. Additionally, the Colombian programmes to connect former conflict (rural) area’s to good health care have shown to be a fruitful basis for Dutch-Colombian collaboration in rural health development. First steps have been made in the development of a pilot commissioned by the local government to introduce Dutch modular healthcare solutions in combination with ICT and capacitation in a north-eastern former FARC occupied region.
