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 2001 that mobile phones first outnumbered fixed lines,…
Nigeria: Dell Introduces New Intel-Powered Tablet for Healthcare
By Ojo Maduekwe(This Day): In a bid to transform the Nigerian healthcare system, through the use of technology, leading computer manufacturer, Dell, has launched its new Intel-powered tablet for healthcare.…
Nigeria: LAUTECH hospital, second best in medicine in West Africa
Nigerian Tribune: LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State is one of the foremost state-owned teaching hospitals in the South-western Nigeria. For a state hospital that has passed through different phases…
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 facilities are able to request TB drugs in…
Mobile phone technology, to save lives in Sierra Leone.
By Henry Makiwa: The Red Cross has teamed up with the telecommunications industry to use mobile phone technology, to save lives in Sierra Leone.Launching today (15 April 2013), the Red…
Tanzania is using Text messaging (SMS) service to boost maternity care
By Janita Ferentinos: The unique healthy pregnancy text messaging (SMS) service reached 100,000 active registrants in March 2013. More than 4 million text messages have been sent to those who…
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 common infectious diseases in Africa. The proliferation of…
Africa: Mhealth 'Could Save a Million African Lives By 2017'
BY MAINA WARURU SciDev.Net Mobile health (mHealth) applications such as text messages could save more than a million lives in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, according to a…
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 built for use in…
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 by ORTEC. ORTEC’s Corridor Medical Transfer System…