Vasectomy Issue in Africa Health
By Lawrence Mbae. After Dr Charles Ochieng, a father of two had a vasectomy five years ago; his family wondered what had gotten into him. Vasectomy? This is an abomination,…
Scoping SMS text messaging to improve symptom management in palliative care patients in rural Uganda
By AHIN: In January 2014 Dr Matthew Allsop, Research Fellow in Applied Health from Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds (UK), will be on placement with the African…
Africa Health: New mobile app to detect skin cancer
IIT Kharagpur students have developed a mobile phone application called ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can assist clinicians to perform fast and accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments. Research scholar, Debdoot Sheet…
mhealth alliance base moving to Africa
By AHIN: The mHealth Alliance plans to shift its base of operations in 2014 from the United Nations Foundation in Washington, DC to South Africa. mHealth Alliance hope to finalize…