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Pausing the Data Revolution to Ask a Few Questions
The people that many open-data proponents want to empower – for example, small farmers in Africa – don't have access to data that reflects on-the-ground realities, and lack the wherewithal to demand information that meets their needs. That led the authors to develop four key themes to help prioritize efforts to collect various open datasets to maximize the social good.
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This Startup Wants to Get Cameroon Talking About Sex
“Many people in Africa lack access to basic information regarding sexual health because of the taboo that surrounds the topic.” That’s according to Cameroonian entrepreneur Adamou Nchange Kouotou, founder of Africa Health Initiative – the creator of Kalanda app.
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Is Uganda’s Matibabu Africa’s next big e-health innovation?
Africa is increasingly gaining a reputation in the e-health space, thanks to the innovatives solutions developed by the likes of LifeQ, Vula Mobile and hearScreen. A young Ugandan, Makerere University graduate Brian Gitta, may well have the next one on his hands. His company, thinkIT, has developed Matibabu, a non-invasive device used to test for malaria, with smartphones used for diagnosis.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This Swedish Startup Brings Insurance to 24 Million People in the Developing World Through Their Mobiles
Mobile insurance startup BIMA has signed up 24 million customers across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, according to its deputy CEO.
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Nigeria Set to Resume Vaccine Production, Eyes $280m From Export
The Chairman of the National Immunisation Financing Task Force Team (NIFT), Dr. Ben Anyene told the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu in Abuja yesterday, that when fully in production, vaccines from Nigeria will cater for seven million children. They could also yield $280 million in export.
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Mobile Phone Health Saving Plan Launched for Low-Income Kenyans
In Kenya nearly half of all healthcare expenditures are paid for out-of-pocket. This means half of Kenyans have no health insurance or access to mechanisms to pay for basic healthcare.
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A Water-Chilled Coolbox Gets Vaccines on Tap to the World’s Poorest
It was a walk past a frozen lake 10 years ago that got Ian Tansley thinking differently about global health. The Welsh inventor had spent decades travelling and developing solar technologies throughout Africa and Asia. Yet one puzzle he was keen to crack – how to deliver vaccines on a wide-scale basis to the poorest, most remote communities – had so far eluded him.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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A New Health Care Project Won Awards. But Did It Really Work?
The program seemed like a fantastic idea at first, says Manoj Mohanan, an assistant professor of public policy and economics at Duke University.
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- South Asia
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