Esther Heuvel's Contact Details

Esther Heuvel's Company Details

Task Force Health Care

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands • 14 Employees
Health, Wellness & Fitness

History Different national and international developments and trends in the medical sector caused the foundation of the Task Force Health Care (hereafter TFHC) in 1996. The TFHC is a cooperation between the Dutch government, medical technological industry, NGO's, and knowledge and educational institutions. In 2001 the Task Force Health Care was officially registered as a foundation. Throughout the years the Task Force Health Care and her participants achieved many successes in countries like Indonesia, Jordan, Zambia, Morocco, Philippines, Ghana, Uganda, India, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, and Kenya. Mission Already since 1996, the Task Force Health Care's mission is: 'To provide a structural contribution to the improvement of healthcare infrastructures in emerging and developing countries by a maximum use of Dutch expertise and technology. She wishes to achieve this by stimulating the cooperation between industry, NGO's, government authorities and knowledge institutions in projects and programs'. Current Situation Currently the TFHC consists of companies, knowledge institutions and NGO's, and on top of that the TFHC has a direct connection with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and development cooperation and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The Task Force Health Care facilitates the cooperation through a multifunctional platform: it organises meetings, seminars, network events, trade missions, Holland pavilions at exhibitions, provides market information, studies and research and besides that it maintains an exhaustive (inter)national network.