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This SA startup uses tech to make healthcare lean
In a private healthcare clinic in Johannesburg CBD, a local startup is employing technology to make South African healthcare provision more lean. GetHealth was launched in February of last year, with its clinic opened in September 2015. Since then, over 4,000 people have come through its doors to experience the leaner, more efficient provision of healthcare the startup has to offer.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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In Search of the Best Health Care Innovators in the World
The Innovations in Healthcare network currently includes 67 innovators operating in 49 countries and serving more than 7 million people. They're looking for more creative organizations to join the network, based on three main criteria: innovative approach, readiness to scale and sustainability. The deadline for nominations is Sept. 16.
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Can Pokemon Go Augment Global Health Reality?
We wondered if global health practitioners had hopes about the Pokemon Go craze helping to amplify their message, raise money and/or recruit volunteers and patients. So we reached out to some of NextBillion’s recent health care writers, asking them if they’ve thought of any practical applications Pokemon Go might have in the work that they do, day to day.
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- Health Care
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A passage of hope on India’s hospital train
For 25 years, the Lifeline Express has been travelling through India to bring health services to millions of Indians who are in need of surgery, treatment and diagnostics but have no access to medical care. The hospital train is their only hope for a cure.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Forus Health’s 3nethra Neo to screen premature babies for eye condition
Lightweight, easily portable, handheld, rugged and highly cost effective is how one would describe the 3nethra Neo, a Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) imaging platform, developed by Bengaluru based Forus Health. 3nethra Neo screens prematurely born babies who could potentially have retinopathy of prematurity, a condition wherein abnormal blood vessels grow in the retina, the layer in the eye that enables us to see.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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South Africa: Condom Manufacturing Plant to Create Jobs
A total of 145 potential direct jobs are to be created when a latex condom manufacturing plant at the Dube Trade Port in Durban is opened. The plant is a result of a partnership - facilitated by the Department of Trade and Industry -between US company HBM and SA Health Protecting Service which is a local medical consumable supplier in both the public and private sector.
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Monthly Vaginal Ring May Help Protect Against HIV
When used regularly, a medicated monthly vaginal ring may be an effective way for women in sub-Saharan Africa to protect themselves from HIV infection, according to new research.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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All That Data: What Health Researchers Can Do With Pokemon GO
Nearly one in five Australians use an activity tracking device daily or nearly daily. Of the people who use activity trackers, three-quarters are prepared to share that data, on the proviso that it is anonymously used for health and medical research.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia