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Bosch forays into healthcare segment
Auto component major Bosch on Monday announced the launch of a locally developed eyecare solution in India. The company’s new eyescreening and detection system offers a combination of hardware and software and provides affordable eyecare.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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‘Nigerian startups will revolutionalise healthcare delivery’
Q: I understand that Integrated Medics helps improve health care delivery. Specifically, how do you achieve this?A; We achieve this through automation of all the process in the hospital: from record office to front desk, from consulting to admission; from store to pharmacy and from NHIS desk to payment desk. Basically, by fast-tracking the healthcare delivery system.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Glimmer of hope seen in Ebola outbreak
Three health care workers who were given the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp in Liberia have shown "very positive signs of recovery," the Liberian Ministry of Health said Tuesday. Medical professionals treating the workers have called their progress "remarkable."
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SimPrints wins £250,000 from Gates Foundation to develop fingerprint scanner
UK start-up SimPrints announced it has received a £250,000 grant in funding to develop a fingerprint scanner that some are calling a “game-changer” in global healthcare, according to Cambridge News.
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Shifting the Paradigm in Indian Health Care: Results will follow when delivery, drug, device and diagnosis innovations occur simultaneously
Indian health care continues to face challenges of affordability, availability and quality, but a growing number of enterprises are changing the landscape by addressing inefficiencies in the market. When delivery, drug, device and diagnosis innovations occur simultaneously, the Indian health care market will witness a paradigm shift.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Indian doctors, government launch portal to share healthcare expertise
Indian-origin doctors across the globe have joined hands with the Indian government to launch a web portal for sharing expertise, skills, knowledge and resources with those in need of such services in India.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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South African Medical Research Council and PATH launch new Global Health Innovation Accelerator
The new South Africa-based Global Health Innovation Accelerator (GHIA) launching today will speed the development and introduction of sustainable, high-impact health technologies that can save the lives of vulnerable women and children in South Africa and beyond.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Apollo Hospitals to expand footprint with hub and spoke model
Apollo Hospitals Ltd is actively looking at expansion with the hub and spoke model and harnessing the telemedicine technology.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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