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Digital Health in East Africa: Innovation, …

(9 days ago) WEBDigital health in East Africa is a dynamic and multifarious phenomenon. While it increasingly includes what might be called the informal uses of digital technologies around healthcare and healthy living, for instance, the use of a mobile phone by a patient or healthcare worker (Hampshire et al., 2021 ), it has more typically been understood as

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East Africa Digital Health Initiative Roadmap - United States …

(5 days ago) WEBIn recognition of this imperative, East Africa Community (EAC) prioritized digital technology platform to drive east Africa’s health systems in the East African Health Research Commission (EAHRC) 2016-2021 Strategic Plan. Through support from USAID/Kenya and East Africa,

https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1864/Digital-REACH-Initiative-factsheet_508.pdf

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(PDF) Digital Health in East Africa: Innovation, Experimentation and

(2 days ago) WEBhealth. Over the last two decades in East Africa, this has. involved healthcare and medical actors experimenting with. digital and mobile technologies in and around healthcare. systems, drawing on

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353723231_Digital_Health_in_East_Africa_Innovation_Experimentation_and_the_Market

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Digital Health in East Africa: Innovation, Experimentation and …

(4 days ago) WEBDigital health technologies promise to collect data, providing ‘results-based’ interventions and ‘transparency’ for their donors and investors. It is this convergence of donors and investors that is shaping digital health, and global health more generally, in countries like Kenya and Tanzania. In 21st century East Africa, the dominance

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How digital tools could boost efficiency in African health systems

(6 days ago) WEBWe conducted an analysis to quantify the financial impact digital health tools could have in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Our findings indicate that these countries could capture efficiencies of up to 15 percent in total healthcare expenditures by 2030 (see sidebar “Methodology for calculating potential efficiency gains in 2030 total

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/how-digital-tools-could-boost-efficiency-in-african-health-systems

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The potential use of digital health technologies in the - Nature

(Just Now) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) recently put forth a Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020–2025 with several countries having already achieved key milestones. We aimed to understand whether

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Mapping digital health ecosystems in Africa in the context of …

(Just Now) WEBTechnology characteristics. In 2022, a total estimated population of 1.4 billion people lived in Africa which includes 54 independent countries, with 30% of the population using the internet, 83%

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-023-00839-2

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Digital Health in East Africa: Innovation, Experimentation and the

(2 days ago) WEBDrawing on our on-going ethnographic and anthropological research in Kenya and Tanzania, this article explores the dynamic, varied, experimental, and increasingly financialised terrain of formal digital health projects. While innovation in digital health is a growing feature of healthcare across the globe, in East Africa it is entering into a

https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/science-and-technology/digital-health-east-africa-innovation-experimentation-and-market

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DIGITAL REACH INITIATIVE ROADMAP - EA Health

(4 days ago) WEBDuring the 6th East African Health and Scientific Conference in March 2017, held in Burundi, one of the key recommendations was to scale uptake and utilisation of digital health in East Africa to improve healthcare service delivery and health outcomes. To realise this vision, I am very pleased to present the Digital Regional East African …

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BOOK OF ABSTRACTS DIGITAL HEALTH IN EAST AFRICA 2019

(9 days ago) WEBTo improve the uptake and utilisation of Digital Health, the East African Health Research Commission (EAHRC) developed a 10-year Digital Regional East African Community Health Initiative (Digital REACH Initiative), which will have its strategic plan implemented from 2019 to 2028. In conjunction with the initiation of the

https://www.eahealth.org/sites/www.eahealth.org/files/content/attachments/2019-10-07/Book%20of%20Abstracts%202019_FINAL_FINAL.pdf

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East African Community Digital Health and Interoperability …

(6 days ago) WEBYear: 2020. Citation: MEASURE Evaluation. (2019). East African Community Digital Health and Interoperability Assessment: Rwanda. Chapel Hill, NC, USA: MEASURE Evaluation, University of North Carolina. Abstract: The regional health program of USAID/Kenya and the USAID East Africa Mission, in coordination with the USAID …

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Where We Work - East Africa — Digital Square

(7 days ago) WEBOverview. Digital Square partners closely with governments, ministries of health, and other coalitions in East Africa to identify priorities for digital health at the country and regional levels, supporting cross-country collaborations and learnings. We provide a range of services based on the needs of a specific country, such asadvising countries on …

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African Digital Health Initiative – The Future of Healthcare in Africa

(3 days ago) WEBThe findings were that from January 1, 2013, to November 26, 2018, the prevalence of GDM was highest in the Central African sub-region (20.4%), followed by 16.76% in the East African sub-region, 14.28% in Southern Africa, and 10.72% in West Africa. The rise of NCDs in Africa, especially in Rwanda, presents a high ratio of cases relative to the

https://africandigitalhealth.org/

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Digital Health WHO Regional Office for Africa

(3 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) is building a better future for people everywhere. Health lays the foundation for vibrant and productive communities, stronger economies, safer nations and a better world. Our work touches lives around the world every day – often in invisible ways. As the lead health authority within the United Nations (UN) system, we …

https://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/digital-health

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Sub-Saharan Africa—the new breeding ground for global digital …

(3 days ago) WEBSub-Saharan Africa has become an emerging arena for digital health innovations directed at strengthening health care, in terms of both patient management and disease surveillance and prevention. Across the region with the world's largest burden of disease and the most severe shortage of health-care workers, we see increased use of digital health …

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Digital Health Services implemented in East Africa - AKDN

(4 days ago) WEBIn terms of the digital health network to be created in East Africa, AKHS, EA in collaboration with AKDN dHRC plans to implement digital health services in five clusters, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nairobi in Kenya and Dar es Salaam and Mwanza in Tanzania. Plans are to implement and initiate telemedicine services at the Voi Outreach Centre in Kenya …

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East African Digital Health Initiative - Vital Wave

(2 days ago) WEBThe Digital REACH Initiative roadmap details the plan for coordinating regional action to improve health outcomes across the East African Community (EAC) through the creation of a robust enabling environment for digital health and the implementation of strategic regional digital health programs. The EAC is a regional intergovernmental

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Global Initiative on Digital Health - World Health Organization …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) is a Network of Networks managed by the World Health Organization (WHO), launched in October 2023. This network of organizations, institutions, development partners, and governmental agencies, is dedicated to supporting digital health transformation in countries worldwide.

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/global-initiative-on-digital-health

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EA Health East African Health Research Commission

(5 days ago) WEBThis web portal is the official comprehensive compendium of health information in East Africa Community (EAC). It is a dynamic, structured, and interactive single-point-of-access of health information. The key categories of the portal are; Health Directory, Health Indicators, Health A to Z, EAHRC Journals, East African Health and Scientific

https://www.eahealth.org/

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Digital Health Africa

(2 days ago) WEBDear Colleagues, It is our great pleasure to invite you to the inaugural Digital Health Africa Conference, set to take place both in-person (Tygerberg, Cape Town) and virtually. From digital health, telemedicine to artificial intelligence, we are witnessing remarkable progress in how healthcare is delivered across Africa.

https://digitalhealthafrica.org/

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World Future Health Africa 2024 presented by GITEX Health Tech …

(2 days ago) WEBUniting Africa’s burgeoning digital economy with innovative health-tech. Africa CDC, Africa Healthcare Federation, and PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), are among the leading global and African healthcare entities partnering with World Future Health Africa 2024 to propel a new wave of digital solutions addressing the

https://www.africa.com/world-future-health-africa-2024-presented-by-gitex-health-tech-5-0-accelerates-continents-tech-fuelled-digital-health-revolution/

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TAG Online - Home

(5 days ago) WEBHealth management software Provides users access to their own health data Chrissa McFarlane, CEO ellow Card • Founded - 9016 Funding — unknown Allow unbanked in Africa and Middle East access to digital currency Chris Maurice, CEO Blox • Founded - 9017 Funding — founders Provides solutions to healthcare industry using

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Welcome to LifeQ

(2 days ago) WEBWe are the leading independent provider of biometrics and health information derived from wearable device. We help people to better understand their own bodies, detect health problems, prevent illness, and live healthier lives. We have a number of top tier partners (including Fortune 10) that will bring their preventative and wellness offerings

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Africa's cholera crisis is worse than ever AP News

(7 days ago) WEBDays after the deadly flooding in Kenya and other parts of East Africa this month, cholera cases appeared. The World Health Organization calls cholera a disease of poverty, as it thrives where there is poor sanitation and a lack of clean water. Africa has had eight times as many deaths this year as the Middle East, the second-most affected region.

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Team Members of Our Non-Profit Organization for Children.

(2 days ago) WEBUS Guest Relations Assistant. Tara lives in Minooka, IL with her husband, Kyle, and their 2 children, Riley and Callie. She learned about Heart for Africa when she started attending The Village Christian Church in the fall of 2016. In the winter of 2016 and 2017 she sold Khutsala ornaments through the church.

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The 410 Bridge – Help Redefine the War on Poverty

(2 days ago) WEBMake a Life-changing Investment. The 410 Bridge is a Christ-centered, non-profit organization helping to redefine the war on poverty through community development in poverty-stricken nations such as Kenya, Guatemala, and Uganda. Too often in the West, we want to help the poor without really knowing the poor.

https://410bridge.org/

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Kinshasa’s plastic waste menace, recycling policy yet to take shape

(6 days ago) WEBUntil 2015, the EU was spending up to $1 million to clean up a third of the areas of Kinshasa, Africa's third largest city. A policy of recycling plastic bottles was later put in place. Under this policy, used bottles are to be collected and sold to a firm to recycle them and clean up the city at the same time.

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/science-health/kinshasa-s-plastic-waste-menace-recycling-policy-yet-to-take-shape-4643254

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Microsoft reinforces its commitment to South Africa with R1.3 …

(6 days ago) WEBThrough this programme, we want to meet the demand for digital skills, whilst also creating opportunities for SMMEs to grow and thrive, and to leverage the innovative spirit of South Africans, with key investments in research and development that will stretch beyond borders,” said Kalane Rampai, Managing Director at Microsoft South Africa.

https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/2024/05/24/microsoft-reinforces-its-commitment-to-south-africa-with-r1-3-billion-investment-to-spur-job-creation/

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South Africa Condemns Israeli Attack on Rafah Camp

(4 days ago) WEBREUTERS/Mohammed Salem/ File Photo. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa on Tuesday condemned an Israeli attack on a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, adding that current conditions in Gaza

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-05-28/south-africa-condemns-israeli-attack-on-rafah-camp

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Malema to outline EFF’s way forward following 'not numbering' …

(3 days ago) WEBIndependent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing millions of readers breaking news and updates on Politics, Current Affairs

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/malema-to-outline-effs-way-forward-following-not-numbering-2024-election-results-bea13b6f-8c35-4565-b66b-9584cb4ba008

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Taking Stock: Sexual and Reproductive and Health and Rights in …

(9 days ago) WEBTaking Stock: Sexual and Reproductive and Health and Rights in Climate Commitments: An East and Southern Africa Review. This regional report examines the integration of sexual reproductive health and rights and related themes - including health, gender, population dynamics, youth, human rights, vulnerable groups and participation - in the

https://www.unfpa.org/publications/taking-stock-east-and-southern-africa-review

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Djibouti fights deadly malaria wave with GMO mosquitoes CNN

(6 days ago) WEBCNN —. Genetically engineered mosquitoes have been released in the tiny East African country of Djibouti to combat a surge in malaria infections caused by an invasive vector. This initiative

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/24/africa/djibouti-releases-gene-modified-mosquitoes-intl/index.html

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Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli …

(4 days ago) WEBBlindfolded and handcuffed “Whether detained at IPS or army facilities, detainees are reported to face extremely harsh conditions of detention, including overcrowding and some detained in cage-like facilities, being constantly blindfolded and handcuffed, lack of access to toilet, exposure to the elements, provision of food and water in quantities barely …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1150281

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FLiRT variants threaten a summer Covid wave, but experts say the …

(6 days ago) WEBThe mutations of the FLiRT variants make increased transmissibility — and a possible summer wave — a real threat. Covid-19 is settling into some seasonal patterns, which have included a summer

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/health/flirt-covid-variants-summer-wave-risk/index.html

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