Tag: Africa
MDaaS brings high-end medical diagnostics to low-income communities.
MDaaS clinic has been up and running since November 2017. It features a digital X-ray machine, an electrocardiogram (ECG), an electroencephalogram (EEG), ...Digital health technology could improve quality, patient safety in Africa
Digital health technology could improve quality, patient safety in Africa, despite the challenges facing Africans to have access to modern health facilities. ...Innovative data spurs healthcare delivery in Africa
Application of innovativedata is helping four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to improve primary healthcare delivery, a new report has revealed. According to the WHO, primary healthcare ...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 ...Fingerprint sensors help improve vaccination management in Africa
By Eric Wicklund – Editor( mHealthNews): A new mobile fingerprint scanner is helping to improve the vaccination rate and reduce wasteful re-immunizations ...Africa: Eye-phone set to revolutionise African optical care
By Robyn Kriel(enca): An impressive new mobile phone app is being tested in Kenya. It acts as a mobile visual clinic, and is ...Kenya: Cooperation in global fight against malnutrition.
By Lawrence Mbae: The UN System Network for Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) held its first meeting in Africa from 26-28 August in ...Nigeria:Laboratory accreditation imperative for strengthening laboratory systems
One of the highly anticipated topics at Medic West Africa is the issue of laboratory accreditation and its importance in strengthening laboratory ...Africa identified as the next frontier for healthcare sector
Over the past decade the global life sciences sector has experienced healthy growth. The world market for pharmaceuticals, for example, has doubled ...Uganda:Philips provides ultrasound technology for rural women
By RACHEAL NINSIIMA Royal Philips, a Netherlands- based health company focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation, recently showcased how cost-effective ultrasound ...