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August 17, 2012
Mali: Malnutrition in both northern and southern parts of the country
Mali is suffering from crippling malnutrition – at the peak of the rainy season, a combination of malaria and malnutrition has left children in need of critical care. Severe hunger has left children malnourished, and those who have contracted malaria are in grave danger, even as […]
August 17, 2012
Pakistan may get US$89.85 million for nutrition project
For a project called ‘Enhancing Nutrition for Mothers and Children’, IDA (International Development Association) and Australian Agency for Inter-nation may be investing US$89.85 million in the Pakistan health sector to increase nutritional coverage for pregnant and lactating mother, and children under 2 years of age. Read […]
August 17, 2012
‘Virtual lectures’ to help cope with Zimbabwe’s brain drain
The University of Zimbabwe’s scientific teaching unit has been suffering from a process of brain drain which has been going on for some time now. Now, virtual lectures from universities across the world are going to bridge this gap. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Tanzania: Tigo launches mobile phone farming solutions
Tigo has recently launched the pilot of a programme called ‘Tigo Kilimo’, which will provide underserved farmers with agricultural information on their cell phones. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Mobile bridges African farmers ‘from farm to fork’
Africa Rural Connect, a National Peace Corps Association initiative recently ran a contest to help the conditions of farming in Africa – where the next generation is abandoning farming for work in urban areas, with a winner prize of US$5000. It went to ‘Backpack Farm: Africans Feeding Africa’ for their […]
August 17, 2012
Low cost mobile phone device helps fight anaemia
A new device that can be connected to cell phones has been developed that could potentially save hundreds of mothers and children worldwide. The device, called HemoGlobe has the potential of turning the cell phone of a community healthworker into a prick-free system for detecting blood abnormalities. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Technology enhances Africa’s health sector
Penda Health in Kenya was formed out of the need for affordable healthcare, the lack of which was consistently claiming the lives of many through perfectly preventable diseases. Penda Health is facing overwhelming patient traffic, and is able to absorb it, given their highly competent medical technological system. Their system […]
August 17, 2012
Health information systems in developing countries – ‘Star wars, or reality?’
Health information systems aim to help improve service delivery by virtually connecting stakeholders in the health sector to share medical records with each other. Similar efforts have been started in both developing as well as developed countries. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
mHealth global market to be woth US$11.8 billion by 2018
According to a study by healthcare industry analysts GlobalData suggests that while mHealth market was worth US$1.2 billion in 2011, this figure will surge to US$11.8 billion by 2018. Read more here, and read the report, available on purchase, here.
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