Africa Healthcare

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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.…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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.…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

Orange’s healthcare division to harness ICTs in Africa’s healthcare delivery

By Henry Neondo(africasciencenews): Orange has unveiled projects that utilise information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance medi-care delivery. Through its…

11 years ago