World Health Day: Hermes' Crockford's top six health stocks

Which medical companies have made the cut?

Jayna Rana
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As we celebrated World Health Day this past weekend (7 April), Hermes' Tim Crockford, manager of the $210m Hermes Impact Opportunities fund, highlights his favourite healthcare stocks.

With World Health Day taking place this past Sunday, Hermes' Tim Crockford, manager of the $210m Hermes Impact Opportunities fund, highlights his favourite healthcare stocks. The manager said: "Even though worldwide life expectancy is on the rise, we are far from an all-clear diagnosis for global health and wellbeing. Access to quality healthcare is unequal within and among countries, and national health systems are struggling with rising costs. "World Health Day plays a vital role in highlighting the urgent need for communities, policy makers and investors to unite and help make heal...

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