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Press release: GDI and HealthEnabled announce the Global Digital Health Index
Integrating technologies such as mobile phones, tablets, remote patient monitoring devices, and sensors into health systems can save lives, extend the reach of healthcare services, and reduce healthcare costs – yet many countries face persistent challenges in implementing sustainable digital health solutions at scale.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Uganda’s clinicPesa helps people save money for healthcare
Ugandan startup clinicPesa is employing its micro-savings platform to help users set aside dedicated healthcare funds to tackle the lack of access to traditional health insurance.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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- Health Care, Technology
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Swift Emergency Care – Nigeria’s First Online Emergency Response System
Anigbo and his team developed the Swift Emergency Care, an online emergency response care system, the “Uber” for health emergencies in Nigeria. Nigeria’s healthcare system is riddled with numerous challenges and limitations, from medical negligence to a lack of infrastructure and personnel.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vodafone Announces M-Pesa Service for HIV Positive Basotho
Vodafone's M-Pesa mobile money service is being utilised in Lesotho to assist HIV patients in the country according to an announcement by the company on World Aids Day.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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E-health startup Dr CADx wins Seedstars Harare
Computer-aided diagnostics startup Dr CADx was named the winner of the Seedstars World event in Harare, Zimbabwe, over the weekend, and will now proceed to the global final to pitch for up to US$1 million in funding.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SA To Unveil Momentous Mobile Clinic
The world’s first primary healthcare clinic on wheels will be launched in the South African city of Ladysmith on Thursday. The Phelophepa health train is an initiative by Eskom and Transnet, the electricity and freight logistics utilities respectively, aimed at providing mobile health services to communities across the country.
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Curing Pilot-itis for mHealth
How do you take mobile health projects beyond the pilot stage in low- and middle-income countries? Build for scale and sustainability from the start. That's the goal of a bot for Messenger built for the South African National Department of Health’s MomConnect maternal health platform, and launched this week at the International AIDS Conference.
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