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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 ...Burkina Faso: Universal healthcare by 2015
Burkina Faso is planning the introduction by 2015 of a universal healthcare coverage (AMU) in a bid to extend social protection and ...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 ...South Africa :Philips Showcases Results of Healthcare Pilot Project With Tygerberg Hospital
Press Release: Royal Philips Electronics today announced the successful outcome of Philips’ pilot project at the Tygerberg Hospital.The pilot, launched in 2012, ...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 ...Technology revolutionizes TB management in Kenya
The use of technology is revolutionizing the way Kenya manages tuberculosis (TB). Through a computer- and mobile-phone based programme called TIBU, health ...GSK partners Vodafone in Africa vaccination project
GlaxoSmithKline, the global healthcare company, has formed a partnership with Vodafone to harness innovative mobile technology to help vaccinate more children against ...Samsung launched new health initiative in Africa
AHIN: Samsung Electronics Africa has launched its solar-powered health center model, marking the start of a large-scale medical initiative on the continent. The mobile centers are ...Africa : ORTEC’s Corridor Medical Transfer System Wins Computerworld Award
By AHIN: In 2012, 218,762 people visited North Star clinics to receive counselling testing, and treatment, all registered with a passport system developed ...Advanced, low-cost cancer tests debut in Nigeria
By Sola Ogundipe(Vanguard) Hope has appeared on the horizon for advanced, low-cost cancer diagnosis in Nigeria and South Africa, courtesy of an ...