Healthcare in Africa:Realising the promise
Healthcare in Africa: The quality and accessibility of healthcare have long been known to have a disproportionate impact on the economic and emotional well-being of entire societies. The 54 countries…
First Telemedicine unit in Northern Nigeria takes off at JUTH
A Telemedicine Unit to enhance healthcare delivery in the north of Nigeria has been opened. Through Telemedicine, physicians and patients can share information in real time from one computer screen…
Nigeria: Move for mandatory health insurance for employers
By AHIN: Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, who is Minister of Health on a visit to Benin City, Edo State capital, to pay condolence to the family of the National President of…
What is holding Africa healthcare back?
By Ayo Bamgboye: The notion that Africa is a poor continent is relative. This is based on the vast waste that we witness across the continent on war, elephant projects…
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 to South Africa. mHealth Alliance hope to finalize…
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 systems in Nigeria. Air Commodore, Commanding Officer, 445…
Nigeria: How to bridge health research gaps
Reports Sade Oguntola(Nigeria Tribune): Strategic Research and Management (STREAM) Insight is imperative in accessing customer satisfaction and providing in-depth analytics. Mr Adewale Opawale, the Executive Director of STREAM Insight, said…
mHealth initiatives making a difference
By Greg Slabodkin: Mobile healthcare neither replaces nor displaces health providers but enables and enhances their practices, according to an article in the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics. The authors…
Improving the Routine HMIS in Nigeria through Mobile Technology for Community Data Collection
By Ime ASANGANSI et-al: Decision makers in many developing countries lack the required data needed for evidence-based health management. One reason for this is that the routine national health management…
Metropolis set to to acquire diagnostic chains in Africa
By Swati Vijay: Metropolis Healthcare Limited, a Mumbai-based chain of diagnostic centres, plans to expand into African markets through multiple buyouts. To pursue its growth initiatives via the inorganic route,…