Next week the Makerere University School of Public Health, in partnership with Nottingham Trent University and the Ugandan Ministry of Health, will be hosting the first International Symposium on Community Health […]
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IBM Launches $70 Million Digital Initiative in Africa
IBM has announced that it will launch a cloud-based learning platform called IBM Digital Nation Africa to advance digital, cloud and cognitive IT skills to help build a 21st century […]
SAP Unveils Cancer Screening App in Kenya
SAP’s Design and Co-Innovation Center together with the Heidelberg University Hospital have developed a digitised cervical cancer screening test, which runs on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform, to accelerate cervical cancer […]
Africa Adopts Addis Declaration on Immunisation
During the 28th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Heads of State from across Africa adopted a Declaration on Universal Access to Immunisation in Africa, in which they […]
Pathfinder App Advancing Women’s Reproductive Health
Non-profit organisation that focuses on sexual and reproductive health, Pathfinder International, has developed and rolled out an mHealth app to improve post-abortion care in sub-Saharan Africa. Around 6.9 million women […]
Ugandan Team Develops Pneumonia mHealth Kit
A team of Ugandan graduates from Makerere University have developed the Mamaope – meaning “mother’s hope” – mHealth diagnostic tool kit that can accurately detect pneumonia in children. The team […]
ChemoQuant to Transform African Cancer Treatment
IBM Health Corps, in partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative, has developed a new eHealth platform intended to help improve cancer care in sub-Saharan Africa. Referred to […]
Garmin Expands Fitness Wearables in Africa
Garmin has partnered with MTN to launch a range of wearable tech watches in Ghana to encourage people to live a more active lifestyle. The GPS navigation and sports tech […]
mHealth Improving Access to Essential Medicines in Nigeria
A new mHealth programme called SMS for Life 2.0 has launched in Kaduna State, Nigeria to increase the availability of essential medicines and improve care for patients across the region. […]
Tanzania Rolls Out mBirth Registration
The Tanzanian Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA) in collaboration with local mobile phone operator, Tigo, has developed and deployed a new mHealth solution, called mBirth, to register births in […]
Uganda Embraces Tech to Improve Healthcare
Ugandan healthcare service delivery company, The Medical Concierge Group (TMCG), is effectively using technology to provide easy access to timely and relevant health information from qualified health professionals to improve […]
Dr CADx Develops Diagnostic Solution for Developing Countries
Zimbabwean startup, Dr CADx, has developed an eHealth diagnostic system to help doctors analyse medical images in regions that have a shortage of radiologists. The startup was founded in August […]