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Three Keys to Scaling Technology in Africa
Based on the success of Mama Rescue, a cloud-based transport voucher and emergency dispatch system for mothers in rural Uganda, UNICEF and the Ugandan Ministry of Health decided that the platform should be scaled up to the entire country. Here are three key lessons they've learned for successfully scaling technology.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Bayer Supports ‘Digital Health Startups’
More and more big firms are bringing young talent in-house in the hope that they will bring fresh ideas along with them and infuse new vigor into their companies. German pharma giant Bayer is also following this trend.
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- Health Care
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IBM’s Effort to Solve Health Problems in South Africa
IBM Research has established a new research centre in South Africa (its second research centre on the African continent), and has announced several new project collaborations in the area of data-driven healthcare.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Lab-on-a-Stick: Miniaturised Clinical Testing for Fast Detection of Antibiotic Resistance
A portable power-free test for the rapid detection of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has been developed by academics at Loughborough University and the University of Reading.The new test termed Lab-on-a-Stick is an inexpensive microfluidic strip – comprising of tiny test tubes about the size of a human hair – capable of identifying bacteria found in urine samples and checking if they are resistant to common antibiotics.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Wambo.org – the New Online Marketplace
At the end of May 2016, the Global Fund formally announced wambo.org, a new online marketplace where currently implementers of Global Fund grants can check prices and place orders for directly for medicines, other health products and non-health commodities. There are plans to expand the reach of wambo.org even further.
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- Health Care, Technology
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One Innovative Company is Helping the Fight Against Dengue
Philab Industries, a pioneer in the healthcare business in the Philippines, is expanding to healthcare science and technology bringing in the most advanced diagnostic tools to the country.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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A Better (Smelly) Mosquito Trap, but With Caveats
A new type of mosquito trap running on solar electricity and using human odor as bait has cut mosquito populations by 70 percent in a test on a malaria-ridden island in Kenya, according to a new study.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Narayana Health Launches Robotic Surgery Training Program
With training and skill sharing being the prime most factors determining a surgeon's success in robotic surgery, Bengaluru based Narayana Health on Thursday launched a robotic surgery training programme.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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