U.K.-based Vitality, which offers tools to promote positive behavioral change in patients, announced its acquisition of U.S.-based coaching platform WellSpark. WellSpark was formed out of EmblemHealth, one of the largest nonprofit health insurers in America,…
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Did you know that eHealth Leaders from across Africa came together for the eHealth Leaders Forum (eHLF) to address leadership and governance in digital health and information exchange.Hear from participants on what they came…
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Background: Limited information exists on the impact of mobile health (mHealth) use by community health workers (CHWs) on improving the use of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Objective: This systematic review addresses…
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Background: Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly used in contact tracing and case finding, enhancing and replacing traditional methods for managing infectious diseases such as Ebola, tuberculosis, COVID-19, and HIV. However, the variations in…
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Across the world, healthcare organizations are continuing to prioritize EHR initiatives, whether they be purchase decisions, implementations, extensions, or optimizations. From January 2023 to December 2023, organizations outside the US made EHR purchase decisions…
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Background: Climate change increasingly impacts health, particularly of rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa due to their limited resources for adaptation. Understanding these impacts remains a challenge, as continuous monitoring of vital signs in such…
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– Sanofi, a global healthcare leader, and Biovac, a prominent South African biopharmaceutical company, announced a landmark partnership. This collaboration aims to establish local manufacturing of inactivated polio vaccines (IPV) in…
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Biopharmaceutical leaders Pfizer mapped out an exciting journey in AI and gene therapy in the Middle East, Russia and Africa (MERA), as its regional headquarters in Dubai marked their 175th anniversary on Tuesday.
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– Butterfly Network, a company specializing in portable ultrasound technology, has announced the second phase of its ambitious maternal health program in Sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative, titled “Siyakubona” (meaning “we see…
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The healthcare IT markets in the Middle East and Africa are seeing high energy and expansion. Healthcare organizations in the Middle East especially are moving beyond core EHR capabilities and increasing their digital strategies…
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