TFHC LATIN AMERICA

Are you looking to learn more about the latest Life Sciences & Health (LSH) market trends in Latin America? It’s an upcoming market, so if you are curious about the healthcare activities we organize on this continent, then we suggest to explore this page. It would be beneficial if you have knowledge of the specific care systems, have a command of the language, and have an understanding of the culture of the country.

What can we offer you?

TFHC Latin America consists of a big network and works in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health to combine Dutch strengths in the Life Sciences & Health sector and to sustain and improve the relationship with European countries.

Although every development of an international journey is unique, our help is welcome every time, as we:

have partners with specific and complementary expertise on interventions that improve health systems and services;
have a network with LSH knowledge from institutes, industry, and NGO’s that have proven their value in healthcare worldwide.
assist to pursue comprehensive, innovative, and sustainable health sector developments.
assist with launching pilots of your business model to find quality cooperation partners.

What do we want to achieve?

Our mission is to provide a structural contribution to the improvement and sustainability of healthcare in Latin America with the use of Dutch expertise. Together, we pursue comprehensive, innovative, and sustainable health sector developments, in which we stimulate collaboration and knowledge sharing, and consider the local needs and demands. We engage Latin American health authorities, the private sector, and other stakeholders involved in optimizing healthcare.

Did we catch your interest, or do you have questions?

That’s exactly what we want to accomplish because we are here to help you! So, feel free to contact us when you want to receive more information or if you have follow-up questions. Please fill in our contact form in detail and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible!

What have we done so far?

Currently, we have a few activities in Latin America. They vary from market studies to missions and a multi-annual program: WeCareColombia.

This February we went to Colombia on a Life Sciences & Health trade mission. Also, we renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ANDI (Associación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia) and TFHC.

The market studies give insight into the LSH sector of a specific country. A team of experts in the field who carry out the research. For these studies, we used our accumulation of knowledge, experience, and network and works closely with the Dutch Topsector Life Sciences & Health.

Download here the Market Studies:

What trends do we see in Latin America?

In the forthcoming future, we see the following trends being established:

Latin and South America keeps developing and the concern for healthcare increases.
The governments respond to this increasing focus by improving the structure and quality of health systems

Regions

Brazil
- Fact: Brazil has a complex market with a separation between public and private health care systems, including health insurance.
- Difficulty: It has a reasonable range of its own healthcare solutions, which makes it difficult for Dutch entrepreneurs to be successful here and to achieve a return.
- Chance: In the field of research and innovation, there is continuing interest in the market due to the collaboration between Brazil and the Netherlands
- In the next years, we’ll maintain relations with Brazilian stakeholders.
Colombia
- Fact: The healthcare system is comparable to the Dutch one, which makes Colombia very open to knowledge, products, and services from the Netherlands.
- Difficulty: The robustness of the health care system, the pressure on the healthcare staff, and the accessibility of health care in rural, sparsely populated areas.
- Chance: Colombia is the ideal gateway for organizations that want to take the first step to Latin and South America.
- In the next years, we’ll:
  - maintain warm relations with various Colombian organizations since 2015.
  - focus on the PIB WeCareColombia by organizing inbound and outbound activities.
  - focus on integrated care, public health, digitization and increasing accessibility in healthcare through other financing models

What’s our intention?

Stimulate collaboration and knowledge sharing;
Engage international organizations, (local) health authorities, the (local) private sector, and other stakeholders involved in optimizing healthcare;
Encourage structurally strengthening health care systems and making them resilient with an integrated approach.