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Zimbabwe Uses Technology to Improve Data Collection

By Wallace Mawire and Karanja Kinyanjui:  A project being implemented under a Global Fund grant will improve Zimbabwe's health information systems…

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Burkina Faso: Universal healthcare by 2015

Burkina Faso is planning the introduction by 2015 of a universal healthcare coverage (AMU) in a bid to extend social…

11 years ago

Global Health and Beyond 2015 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden

By Janine Ewen: This April, a remarkable conference was held involving people from many levels of practice and a variety…

11 years ago

South Africa :Philips Showcases Results of Healthcare Pilot Project With Tygerberg Hospital

Press Release: Royal Philips Electronics  today announced the successful outcome of Philips’ pilot project at the Tygerberg Hospital.The pilot, launched…

11 years ago

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…

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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…

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

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

Advanced, low-cost cancer tests debut in Nigeria

By Sola Ogundipe(Vanguard) Hope has appeared on the horizon for advanced, low-cost cancer diagnosis  in Nigeria  and South Africa,  courtesy…

11 years ago