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New Delhi: About 8 million babies worldwide are born each year with serious birth defects (structural, functional and metabolic). About 3 lakh newborn (1 in 10) and about 5 lakh children under 5 die every year with maximum deaths reported in southeast Asia. Birth defects prevalence in India varies between 61 to 69.9/1000 live births. The high incidence of birth defects in India is mainly attributed to high fertility, unplanned pregnancies, poor antenatal care, poor maternal nutrition, consanguineous marriages etc. Furthermore, the majority of new-borns with a serious congenital disorder that survives, face a
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ALHAMBRA, Calif., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ( ApolloMed, and together with its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, the Company ) (NASDAQ: AMEH), a leading physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare management company, today announced the appointment of Jeremy R. Jackson, M.D., to the newly created role of Chief of Staff, effective March 10, 2021.
In his role as Chief of Staff, Dr. Jackson will work closely with the executive team and play a key role in special projects for ApolloMed s technology platform, business development, strategy and operations.
Dr. Jackson brings 10 years of healthcare industry experience in management consulting and as a practicing physician to ApolloMed. He previously served as a Project Leader in the Boston Consulting Group s healthcare practice and, from 2011 to 2018, was a resident physician in the Department of General Surgery at Brigham and Women s Hospital (Harvard Me