Kenya: Medical Doctors Win ICT Innovation Award
BY KEN MACHARIA: Two medical doctors have bagged the top ICT innovation award for their remote health solution that makes it possible for doctors to diagnose patients without physically meeting…
Engineers enter fight against AIDS in Africa
By DONNA BRYSON: JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Getting AIDS test results from labs to remote villages once took weeks in Mozambique, with the information sent by courier along the impoverished country’s…
Vodafone Ghana 'Healthline' To Hit Back On Screens
Vodafone Ghana’s has opened entries for questions for their flagship health initiative ‘Healthline’. Ghanaians are once again invited to text their questions on health matters to shortcode 1788 across all…
Africa to generate $1.2b revenue from mHealth by 2017 – GSMA Report
By Ekow Quandzie(Ghana Business News) The mobile health (mHealth) market’s worth is predicted to reach $23 billion in terms of revenue by 2017, according to a new report released by…
Health Data Centre to Improve Disease Detection and Management
Global Integrated IT solutions provider Hewlett Packard (HP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), today launched one in a series of five health…
Kenya's Startup Boom
BY DAVID TALBOT(MIT Technologyreview) Erick Njenga, a 21-year-old college senior wrapping up his business IT degree at Nairobi’s Strathmore University, has a gap-toothed grin and a scraggly goatee. A mild-mannered…
ESA launches project to improve healthcare in Africa with satellite technology
British Journal of Healthcare Computing – The European Space Agenc y (ESA) has set up an international consortium to pave the way for the use of satellite systems to help…
FG tasked on integration of national e-health policy
By CHIOMA OBINNA TOWARDS boosting healthcare delivery in the country, experts have called on Federal government to enact a national policy on electronic health (eHealth), and come up with strategies…
MatsSoft wins plaudits for lifesaving SMS For Health project in Africa
Press Release MatsSoft, a leading UK-based provider of workflow and communications solutions, was commended by International Health Partners (IHP) at the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.The company’s process tracking technology has…
M-Health is possible in Africa
Greater Manchester’s potential as a global hub for the emerging multi-billion pound digital health market will be showcased at a conference next week.Beyond Digital Health Manchester 2011 will bring together…