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Secrets to a Successful mHealth Campaign
At the Mobile World Congress last week (25 February) I listened to Arjen Swank, business development manager of Text To Change (TTC), discuss the best way to implement a successful mobile health programme in Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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USAID and P&G Kick Off Global Development Alliance to Improve Health in Myanmar
Administrator Rajiv Shah yesterday helped deliver the first liter of clean drinking water under the Global Development Alliance (GDA) between the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Procter & Gamble (P&G) to improve health in India.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Qualcomm, Vecna Cares, Etisalat, to Promote Maternal, Child Health
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced its partnership with other operators to improve maternal and child health. They include Vecna Cares Charitable Trust, the nonprofit arm of Vecna Technologies; InStrat Global Health Solutions, a turnkey health care solutions provider; Etisalat Nigeria; Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA); and Evidence for Action.
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- Health Care
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e-health Centre Soon in Ghatshila Subdivision
The electronic health centre that will commence at Musabani Surda in March has the capacity to diagnose 90 patients each day.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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U.S. Telemedicine Initiative Tackles Diabetes Epidemic in Libya
A Libyan-American steering group has been created to manage local outreach, and get as many retinal cameras into primary care situations as possible.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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The Philippines Rolls Out Telemedicine with TV White Spaces
TV White Spaces will tap unused frequencies between TV channels to deliver data connectivity to further support rural broadband, telemedicine, educational content delivery and to enhance the data gathering capability of the government’s sensor networks.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Kenyan Healthcare Tech Firm Showcased at Sankalp Africa Summit
Kenyan healthcare technologies company MicroClinic Technologies has been named one of the top four high-impact small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa at the Sankalp Africa Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Experts to map Nigeria’s neglected tropical diseases
Nigerian health officials partnering with international experts have embarked on a national programme to map Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by analysing data obtained from 14 of the country’s 36 states.
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- Health Care
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