Teheca is a patient care startup that rose out of the need to provide easy and timely health care access to Ugandans. Daniel Ruyonga, CEO of Teheca told us more about Teheca, their selection as one of the startups to feature in the Google Launchpad and much more. Excerpts. Can ...
Technology is gradually easing the stress that comes with receiving medical care in Nigeria. DoctorOffice has joined in to furthure promote the use of technology to improve Nigeria's healthcare system, by bringing doctors and access to healthcare to the pockets of Nigerians. Founded by Desmond Okoye, the platform is making ...
Over the years, there's been the problem of fake drugs being pushed to the market, which is then purchased unknowingly by in need of the products. This has led to the loss of many lives, and the constant fight against fake drugs. Medsaf was launched to contribute in this fight, ...
OneMedical is a system designed specifically for hospitals in Nigeria, to enable them digitize their medical processes and records for free. According to the team, less than a decade ago, 9 out of 10 physicians in the United States relied on paper records, but today over 85% use an EHR system ...
For those who have elderly people in their care, they can relate with the challenge of combining a busy schedule with having to take their elderly for regular doctor's appointments. Going to and fro for hospital visits is also a whole lot of stress for the elderly one involved. And ...
Accessing health-care service in Nigeria has been for years, one very unfriendly experience for Nigerians. The challenge of waiting endlessly for doctors contribute to further stressing out the ill person needing medical attention. DokiLink is aiming to make it easier for Nigerians access medical care without having to wait for ...
Set to launch on 28th March 2017 in Nairobi, MyDawa aims to be the country's first online store allowing Kenyans to purchase authentic prescription drugs, health and wellness products as well as offer them value for money as it does not charge any service fees, transaction or delivery costs. Coined ...
Novartis, the Kaduna State Ministry of Health and Vodacom have partnered to launch a mobile-based healthcare program called SMS for Life 2.0 in Kaduna State, Nigeria in a move to increase the availability of essential medicines and improve care for patients across the region. The SMS for Life 2.0 builds ...
High life expectancy is an indicator of good health in a population; according to the World Bank, 9 of the 10 countries that have improved the most between 2000 & 2012 in terms of life expectancy (additional years gained) are located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with Rwanda (+16), Zambia (+15) ...
South African health tech startup HealthQ, has launched the LifeQ. It uses real time and predictive data to create digital simulations of human physiology. LifeQ has tapped into the human sensor by combining two technologies: continuous physiological monitoring and bio-mathematical modeling which provide insights about personal and population-wide health. ...
Pediatrics is a priority for Africa where 42% of the total population is under 15-years-old, i.e. 400 million children, representing about a quarter of worldwide children population according to reports by the UNICEF. However, Infant mortality is one of the highest killers on the contient with Africa losing 4 million ...
You remember Omomi, an Android app set to enable Nigerian mothers keep their babies healthy by giving them SMS alerts to monitor their children's growth and nutritional status, remember immunization visits and access health information has been named by a global jury among 85 youth digital projects from around the ...
DocDiary is a new online booking and practice management system connecting patients to doctors or medical professionals in real time in South Africa. Launched by Cape Town-based Handré Dreyer to help make booking doctors online simple, DocDiary is free for use by patients while doctors pay a little subscription fee ...
Malaria is still the most dangerous diseases in the world, killing as twice as many people as AIDS, with an estimated four million deaths a year. Not only does malaria kill a child every 60 seconds, it causes miscarriages and also reduces the ability of people's producivity, but it seems ...
IBM has proposed a more secure, intelligent and effective National eHealth System, where information would be stored, analyzed and accessed in a digital cloud and built on the IBM Mainframe, allowing for deep analysis and reliable, mobile access to critical insights. Continuing work on this project is expected to be taken ...
There are 4.5 billion people at the base of the economic pyramid (BOP) in 92 developing countries and emerging markets and they form a significant market for consumer goods including health products worth $5 trillion (measured in 2005 purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars). Health products and services alone account for ...
