One of the most important lessons learned in Africa—and throughout the Covid-19 pandemic—is that data is your biggest ally. We need data to tell us what’s going wrong and why. But most importantly, we need this information in real time.
In collaboration with PeriGen, Texas Children's Pavilion for Women is deploying the PeriWatch Vigilance automated early warning system in a hospital in Malawi, Africa. The system continuously tracks maternal and fetal data to prevent complications and deaths during childbirth.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Merck recently launched a digital health accelerator in Nairobi in what appears to be part of a growing source of support for telehealth entrepreneurs.
Africa is way ahead of the U.S. using mobile technology to engage patients.
The switch to digital TV freed up radio spectrum formerly used by analog TV broadcasts for all kinds of new services. Now, count telemedicine to rural Botswana as one of those services. Microsoft has been taking advantage of unused broadcast frequencies known as TV white spaces to test the delivery of broadband Internet to remote parts of Africa. […]
A group of Los Angeles pediatric surgeons is trying to spread the use of Google Glass to Africa, where the device could help surgeons there overcome limited resources. Along with the Red Cross Children’s Hospital team, Dr. Phillip Frykma, Dr. Marc Levitt and Dr. Alp Numanoglu trained 18 surgeons from nine African countries on both […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Hospitals in the developing world may be able to save money, and fight off antibiotic-resistant bacteria, with a cheap and readily available tool: maggots. BBC News is reporting that a pilot study at Kenyatta National Hospital has found an ancient technique called maggot therapy is reducing the need for antibiotics and long hospital stays for […]
A simple visual test developed in a lab at Harvard University is taking aim at sickle cell disease, a major public health concern for some developing countries. Unlike in the developed world, regular screening for the genetic blood disorder is not a common practice in Sub-Saharan Africa, where as many as 1 to 2 percent […]
Mobile technologies are rapidly being applied to the healthcare setting, but a recent development in Cameroon is thought to be a first “medical tablet” on the African continent. Arthur Zang, a 26-year-old inventor, has come up with the Cardio Pad, which is being tested in the small village of Mbankomo outside of Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé. […]