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Trends in Mobile and Cloud Technology: Redefining Medicine Around the World
Around the world, shifting demographics are putting more pressure on health systems that are struggling to catch up to changing expectations.
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A New Technology to Support HIV Prevention
Trymore Chikwiriro is 29 years old, and his wife gave birth to their first child just this past October. Just like they expected, all of their nights were focused on their new baby– so the time seemed right for Trymore to undergo voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC).
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Drones Are Being Tested in the Fight Against a Tuberculosis Epidemic in Papua New Guinea
Drones have been trialled by Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to combat a centuries-old disease that has crippled communities in one of the most untamed wildernesses on earth.
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Delivering Twice As Many Pharmaceuticals At Half The Cost Is Now A Reality
Eulysis UK Limited's mission is to revolutionise pharmaceutical delivery globally. The Single Vial System (SVS), their unique storage and reconstitution technology for lyophilized (freeze-dried) pharmaceuticals is just 9 months away from becoming commercially viable.
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Narayana Health Opens Hi-Tech Hospital in the Caribbean
Famed heart surgeon Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Mother Teresa's personal physician and founder of Narayana Health — an Indian hospital network that is internationally regarded as one of the world's lowest-cost, highest-quality healthcare providers — is bringing his mission of providing affordable, accessible healthcare to America.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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India’s Orissa Halts ‘Bicycle Pump Sterilisation Surgery’
An Indian state has halted mass sterilisations at health camps after a doctor was found using a bicycle pump to inflate women's abdomens.
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- South Asia
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Automated Medical Equipment Could Save Many Lives
Christine Nabbanja is a 22-year-old, fourth year, biomedical engineering student at Makerere University. She is also part of a group of five innovative students, teamed up to offer global health solutions to the world. Their innovation is an automatic switch for an electrical suction pump. Suctions are used to clear the airway of blood, saliva, vomit or other secretions so that a patient can breathe during respiratory failure or surgery.
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Are Smartphones the Right Gift for West Africa’s Ebola Fight?
Smartphones may not be the smartest solution to fighting Ebola in West Africa. Technology giants including Google, Amazon and Ericsson, and techie charities such as the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation have donated thousands of smartphones for use across the region, where better communication is key to stopping the epidemic.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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