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How solar power can improve healthcare

WEBStoddard was explaining to a panel discussion at Solar Power Africa on How solar power can improve the health of millions of people in Africa why Power Africa and …

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Electrification a major challenge for healthcare facilities globally

WEBBy Nomvuyo Tena. January 23, 2023. A joint report on electrification of healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries shows p.ower is unreliable for a full half of facilities …

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Healthcare clinics in sub-Saharan Africa benefit from solar energy

WEBAugust 21, 2023. Image credit: [yourapechkin]@123RF.com. 600 healthcare clinics across sub-Saharan Africa are able to provide care and treatment to patients outside of daylight …

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Solar to power healthcare facilities around sub-Saharan Africa

WEBPower Africa has announced the disbursement of $2.6million in grants to solar companies to provide off-grid electricity to 288 healthcare facilities across sub …

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Access to healthcare is about access to electricity

WEBYet this critical enabler of essential healthcare has remained almost invisible in the decades-long push towards universal health coverage. Only recently was …

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Rwanda: Electrification of healthcare facilities using solar

WEBRwanda could achieve 100% electrification of its healthcare facilities by 2027 by using solar power and backup batteries to electrify currently unelectrified health …

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Zambia launches plan to electrify rural healthcare facilities with solar

WEBThe Government of Zambia has launched an Action Plan charting the way forward to provide reliable and affordable electricity to underserved health centers using …

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Nigeria: EU investment to focus on energy projects for healthcare

WEBThe EU’s nearly $40 million investment in the Nigeria energy sector will be used for mainly hydropower and solar projects geared toward healthcare facilities. Some …

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Data to assist in electrification of the healthcare sector in Nigeria

WEBMarch 31, 2022. The federal government in Nigeria has faced several barriers in the electrification of 304 healthcare facilities and schools as announced in 2021. Sustainable …

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Sierra Leone: Solar brings energy security to healthcare facilities

WEBThey aim to reduce carbon emissions and ensure a stable power supply for healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone’s eastern and northern provinces. Each system has …

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Sierra Leone: solar systems to power six hospitals

WEBJune 1, 2023. Image credit: Twitter Dr. Austin Demby, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation, at the launch of the solar project in Freetown. Six hospitals in Sierra Leone …

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Fast-track construction of S.African hospital in response to COVID-19

WEBIn South Africa, the R3 billion Dr Pixley Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital in KwaMashu north of Durban, originally scheduled for completion by November, has been …

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“Mini-grids can electrify thousands of health centres in sub …

WEBThe largest company in AMDA’s portfolio is PowerGen which has mini-grids in four countries, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria and Sierra Leone and they will soon be in …

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Tanzanian healthcare centres to receive free electricity services

WEBA mini-grid operator, JUMEME, has launched a COVID-19 Relief Programme to support the Tanzanian healthcare centres in the fight against the COVID-19 …

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WHO confirms: Cooking with firewood is a health threat

WEBSpeaking on the negative effect of cooking with firewood, a family health doctor in Abuja, Dr Tolu Omodunbi, said the use of firewood and solid fuel is like a …

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Sub-Saharan Africa economies lagging behind rest of world

WEBThe IMF’s latest regional outlook report for Sub-Saharan Africa suggests a positive economic growth trajectory over the next year, but one which lags behind other …

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Op-ed: Tips to manage water resources in times of scarcity

WEBFor South Africa, the challenge is all the more acute with research predicting that we will have a 17% shortfall in water supply by 2040. More immediately, the city of …

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Distribution transformer health assessments

WEBDistribution transformer health assessments. Transformers are prolific and one of the critical components of the distribution power system. For each HV/MV primary …

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New lighting regulations in South Africa, have your say

WEBSouth Africans have until 30 April 2021 to comment on the recently gazetted specifications for new lighting regulations and general service lamps. The specifications …

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