Kenya Healthcare Revitalizing Kenya’s Healthcare: President Ruto’s Vision and Reforms August 28, 2023 Kenya’s healthcare sector is the scene of innovative and promising change. The country is on a mission to revitalize and upgrade its healthcare capabilities and service offerings, an effort led…
Global Health Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group partners SNIP-AFRICA project to reduce neonatal sepsis deaths in Africa August 26, 2023 The Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group (GHID) at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)…
Africa Healthcare Dakar Health Tech Summit set to boost healthtech start-ups across Africa August 24, 2023 The “Dakar Health Tech Hub Summit,” the conference will be held under the overarching theme of “Fast-tracking Innovations in the Field of Public Health in Africa.” A collaborative endeavour, the…
Nigeria Healthcare Uburu Health links UNTH, LUTH, Stanford in skin disease diagnosing A.I for Africans globally August 24, 2023 For dermatology patients of African descent globally, this is the vision and promise of this tripartite collaboration initiated by Uburu Health -a Nigerian health tech startup building the data infrastructure…
Africa Healthcare Using technology to predict medical supplies in Rwanda August 20, 2023 Viebeg Technologies a venture capital-backed Health Tech company is using technologies to predict medical supplies. Drug stock-outs and shortage of medical equipment in health facilities in Rwanda are becoming a…
Telemedicine Telemedicine’s quest for health equity though literacy, education, and access August 17, 2023 Telemedicine holds immense potential to enhance health education and literacy. My own experiences are proof that, by leveraging the power of technology, telemedicine can offer a wealth of educational resources…
Global Health Crohn’s disease: bacteria in the mouth may be a cause – here’s why August 16, 2023 Crohn’s disease affects four million people worldwide. The condition causes debilitating symptoms such as chronic fatigue, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weight loss and malnutrition. Once symptoms develop, Crohn’s is a lifelong…
Health Technologies The rise of AI in healthcare brings both opportunities and challenges. August 14, 2023 The sudden rise of artificial intelligence (AI) brings back memories of past trends like the “turbo” era in the 1980s. From cars to household appliances, AI is rapidly becoming ubiquitous…
