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  • Philips highlights unmet healthcare needs of African women

    KENYA, 2013/03/20 The statement reflects that mortality rates for women and children in Africa continue to rise and are amongst the highest in the world due to a lack of adequate healthcare services. The statement was commissioned as part of the Philips ‘Fabric of Africa’ campaign to provide a comprehensive and holistic overview of the current healthcare issues and trends experienced in Africa and focuses specifically on Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Egypt.

  • The electronic records system called SPINE

    SOUTHERN AFRICA, 2013/03/17 For amount of the money Americans spend on health care, electronic medical records are still far from universal in the United States. However, a pilot project in Southern Africa suggests that replacing paper with touch screens may be a good investment in resource-poor nations.

  • Australian expansion into the African market

    AUSTRALIA, 2013/03/17 Australian-based pharmaceutical and medical technologies business, LINK Healthcare today announced its expansion into the African market via South Africa’s Equity Pharma Group.

  • GlaxoSmithKline to Invest in Nigerian and Indian Businesses

    INDIA, 2013/03/17  Britian’s major drugmaker, GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) has disclosed plans to invest $1 billion in its Nigerian and Indian units, in a bid to reduce reliance on pharmaceutical products and western markets and increase shares in the fast growing emerging markets.

  • India’s fifth major drugmaker

    INDIA, 2013/03/17 India’s fifth major drugmaker by sales, Cipla Limited, has made a $512 million cash offer to acquire 100 % ordinary shares of South Africa’s pharmaceutical manufacturer, Cipla Medpro at R10 ($1.13)per share.

  • Maputo Health Centres Transferred to Municipal Control

    MAPUTO CITY, 2013/02/24  Responsibility for amount primary health care in Maputo City will be transferred next week from the central government to the Maputo Municipal Council. This measure covers 26 health centres and the three morgues in the city. Under a memorandum of considerate signed in Maputo on Friday, the management of these institutions is to be transferred to the municipality. According to Maputo City health director Pascoa Wate, the health centres will presently be subordinate to the Health and Social Welfare area of the municipality, but the transfer will be processed gradually.

  • Burkina Faso forum:regional health professionals

    BURKINA FASO, 2013/02/24 West African health actors who met in a workshop from 20 to 22 February in Ouagadougou, the Burkinabe capital, have recommended the establishment of a West African network to exchange and share strategies aimed at ensuring the universal medical coverage of the citizens

  • Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,

    MOZAMBIQUE, 2013/02/14 Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, made the announcement on Wednesday in his annual letter. The award recognizes \"revolutionary ways\" for immunizing the world\'s poorest children. Nominees are assessed on innovation and creativity, impact and scale.

  • UN launch "mhealth" initiative to fight diseases

    AFRICA, 2013/02/11 Imagine getting a text message telling you at the same time as and how to take your diabetes medication. Or a voice mail reminding you of your next mammogram. That’s what two UN agencies are hoping to do with mobile technology to save lives, reduce illness and disability and bring down healthcare costs.

  • The cholera outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone

    GUINEA, 2013/01/05 The cholera outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone that has killed 392 people and infected additional than 25,000 others since February is slowing down, say aid groups calling for sustained measures to wipe out the disease. Between late August and 16 September, new cholera cases per week have dropped from 2,110 to 1,418 in Sierra Leone, and from 1,152 to 346 in neighbouring Guinea, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement.
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