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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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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Johnson & Johnson launches $600k global e-health challenge
International healthcare firm Johnson & Johnson has launched the GenH Challenge, a global social venture competition that will award a total of US$600,000 in cash prizes to locally-tailored and globally-relevant solutions to enduring health challenges.
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ARM backs Simprints $2.45m funding boost to prevent maternal and child deaths
After a rigorous review by global health experts, Cambridge startup Simprints was chosen among 15 of the world’s most promising ideas to save lives at birth in developing countries, edging out over 550 other applicants to secure millions in new funding to develop and refine its innovations.
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Drones and phones: how mobile tech is fighting global diseases
When Cosmas Bunywera went to school in the Kenyan Rift Valley more than 20 years ago, few children wore glasses, opticians were rare and most pupils’ eye problems were not picked up until it was too late.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Google buys Seattle health monitoring startup Senosis, bolstering digital health push
Patel, who founded Senosis Health with four other clinicians, researchers and tech transfer experts from the University of Washington, won a MacArthur genius grant in 2011 and his past innovations have ranged from energy meters to air quality sensors.
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Microsoft has found an inexpensive way to save lives in India
Microsoft Research India works on projects in areas of machine learning, natural language processing and it explores creating technology for emerging markets. One of the projects, 99DOTS, has looked at low-cost ways to ensure tuberculosis patients regularly take their medication
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Cheap 3D printed prosthetics could be game changer for Nepal
Ram's new hand was manufactured on a 3D printer in Nepal's capital for just $30, an innovation that could be a game changer for many in the impoverished Himalayan country.
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Microsoft is using AI to track down health problems in India
Redmond is teaming up with the state of Telangana in India where the company will be using its artificial intelligence technology to provide healthcare for children with eye problems.
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- Health Care, Technology
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