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 lives in Sierra Leone.Launching today (15 April 2013), the Red…
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 million text messages have been sent to those who…
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. The mobile centers are built for use in…
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 system developed by ORTEC. ORTEC’s Corridor Medical Transfer System…
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 healthcare division set up in 2007, the firm has teamed…
Teleradiology Platform RADSpa Expands its Africa Presence
By AHIN: Telerad Tech, the technology arm of Teleradiology Solutions has made medical practices accessible in Africa thanks to a unique radiology workflow system- RADSpa which can improve the overall…
South Africa leads in mHealth
By: Cadine Pillay: South Africa is leading the way in mobile health or mHealth – the practice of medicine and public health with the use of mobile devices – and…
Jeffery Sachs announces healthcare initiative to train 1 million health workers for rural Africa
By RYOT Staff, (RYOT News) : Across sub-Saharan Africa, community health workers using mobile phones and broadband access to sophisticated medical resources are delivering health care to where it is…
Africa: PATH MVI and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Partner to Accelerate Development of Malaria Vaccines and Innovative Delivery Technologies
PRESS RELEASE: The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INO) today announced a follow-on collaboration to advance malaria vaccine development and new vaccination delivery technologies.…
Africa Health:Medicine through multimedia
By AMY JONES: A North Shelby business is helping to train hospital workers in under served parts of Africa through its multimedia medical programs. Oakstone Publishing, a company that provides…