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Press release: GDI and HealthEnabled announce the Global Digital Health Index
Integrating technologies such as mobile phones, tablets, remote patient monitoring devices, and sensors into health systems can save lives, extend the reach of healthcare services, and reduce healthcare costs – yet many countries face persistent challenges in implementing sustainable digital health solutions at scale.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Gates Foundation and PATH wire up health data in Africa using a novel approach
The partnership is digitizing and connecting Tanzania’s healthcare system, linking a fragmented array of databases and information sources. A unified system could dramatically improve efficiency, accountability and cost savings for a country of 45 million people that struggles with infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The low-cost device saving newborns in India
Birth asphyxia – lack of oxygen – is the cause of 20% of newborn deaths in India. A simple piece of equipment is helping revive babies and prevent long-term damage.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Making the Case for Private Sector Engagement in the Fight Against Malaria
Malaria impacts businesses in a variety ways, including lost productivity from employees taking time off when they or their family members are ill, as well as greater expenditure on healthcare programs to treat employees. The results, though, are the same: decreases in a business’ profits.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda’s clinicPesa helps people save money for healthcare
Ugandan startup clinicPesa is employing its micro-savings platform to help users set aside dedicated healthcare funds to tackle the lack of access to traditional health insurance.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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East Africa is leading the world in drone delivery
The cutting edge of drone delivery isn't one of the usual technology hotspots, such as Singapore or the United States. The honor belongs to East Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Exclusive: Documents reveal largest USAID health project in trouble
Between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2017, only 7 percent of the health commodity shipments delivered through the GHSC-PSM project arrived at their destination “on time and in full” — a common metric for measuring the performance of a supply chain.
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Rwanda has shown that healthcare innovation in the developing world means more than investing in technology
As one commentator has recently highlighted, Rwanda’s economic output adds up to roughly 700 US$ per person, less than one eightieth of the average economic output of an American citizen. And yet today, a new born baby in Rwanda can expect to live to 64, only 15 years less than an American baby. That’s a phenomenal achievement.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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