Global Health
Global health issues that are not specifically related to Africa healthcare but may direct or indirect impact on Africa Healthcare.
Africa identified as the next frontier for healthcare sector
Over the past decade the global life sciences sector has experienced healthy growth. The world market for pharmaceuticals, for example, has doubled ...Open-Source Electronic Disease Surveillance Software Released
By Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center ...DVD optics for on-the-spot HIV testing
By Tim Hayes: Early diagnosis of HIV infection is a key factor in subsequent treatment, so any new route to a reliable ...Zimbabwe Uses Technology to Improve Data Collection
By Wallace Mawire and Karanja Kinyanjui: A project being implemented under a Global Fund grant will improve Zimbabwe’s health information systems by providing ...Global Health and Beyond 2015 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden
By Janine Ewen: This April, a remarkable conference was held involving people from many levels of practice and a variety of professionals ...Kenya: Using Technology to Save Lives At the Community Level
By Aude Galli: The extraordinarily rapid spread of mobile telephone use in Africa is nothing but remarkable. It was in Africa in ...Nigeria: Novo Nordisk launches a project for easier insulin access
By AHIN: Novo Nordisk launches a new project to enhance the quality and accessibility of diabetes treatment in Nigeria, where an alarming ...4 Ways Mobile Technology Can Improve Care
By Kathleen Roney: Mobile technology is popular. That in itself is not shocking. The adoption rate of mobile technology has been rapid. ...Vodafone and Boston Scientific: Transforming Healthcare through Mobile Communications
Vodafone Global Enterprise – the business within Vodafone which manages the communications needs of its largest multinational customers – today announced an ...Remote Care: How to Use Telemedicine
By Tammy Worth Telemedicine, the use of electronic communication to provide health care, has been relatively slow to catch on in some ...