African Health Research Network Gets Cash Injection
By Munyaradzi Makoni: An African network on hereditary disease genomics has received a grant of US$38 million to undertake research on the genetics of infections.The Human Heredity and Health in…
Nigeria: FG, African Countries Collaborate to Improve Laboratory Services
BY WINIFRED OGBEBO(Leadership (Abuja) The federal government is set to collaborate with other African countries to train laboratory auditors in a bid to improve laboratory services in the country. Recently,…
Kenya: New Health Scheme Targets Nine Million
BY WAMBUI NDONGA (Capital FM (Nairobi) The government is planning to launch a new health scheme dubbed the Indigent Fund that will target nine million Kenyans who live below the…
Africa: Telemedicine project to benefit 5 hospitals in Tanzania
By Abdulwakil Saiboko:(Tanzania Daily News) Four hospitals in Dar es Salaam and one in Coast Region will be connected by telemedicine technology in December, this year, in a move expected…
Malaria patterns tracked in Africa through cell phone records
By Mark Roth( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette): A study being published today in the journal Science used millions of cell phone records to document the impact human movement has on malaria disease…
Mobile technologies boost healthcare service delivery
DAILY NATION: When one mentions healthcare and mobile in the same sentence, the two concepts may seem the strangest of bedfellows, more so since traditional medical services have been obtained…
Resolution Health has merged with the National Medical Aid Society
Press Release: Due to a recent merger with the National Independent Medical Aid Society (NIMAS), Resolution Health has boosted its beneficiary base, solvency ratio and product offering to become one…