Ethiopia has officially, opened doors to the third mental health rehabilitation centre at Debre Tabor Medical College in Amhara Regional State. The US $1.4m facility is a four -storey building which rests on 1,323 square meters of land inside the premises of Debre Tabor Medical College. It features a basement
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5 Pharmaceutical Giants, Gates Foundation Expand Healthcare Access to 1.7 Million in Africa
Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and five pharmaceutical companies—Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Pfizer and GSK—together announced an initiative to train more community health workers and expand healthcare access to 1.7 million people across six nations in Africa. Two NGOs, Living Goods and Last Mile Health, will run the program. The five pharmaceutical giants and Gates Foundation
Using smartphone tech to improve maternal health in Uganda
Taheca app aims to offer the same kind of information women would get at antenatal services at health centers. But this is a one-on-one service, aimed at directly addressing maternal challenges, explains its founder, Namugambe. Uganda has consistently ranked among the highest in the world when it comes to maternal and
Rwanda: First Pharmaceutical Plant To Start Production In July
The much anticipated antibiotics pharmaceutical plant in Rwanda will start production in July this year, officials told KT Press. In 2017, Cooper Pharma East Africa plant by Cooper Pharma – a Rwandan company launched construction of their plant in the Kigali Special Economic Zone on 20,000 square meters. Construction works started with
Absa gets Miga guarantees to reduce RWA across Africa
Absa has signed a deal with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (Miga) which will enable it to reduce the regulatory risk weighting of mandatory reserves held by its subsidiaries across sub-Saharan Africa, thus freeing up lending capacity. Absa’s subsidiaries outside of South Africa are required to maintain reserves at the
IFC unveils financing plan for health tech innovators
Local health technology innovators will get financial and technical support to pilot their products in the East African market under an International Finance Corporation (IFC)-sponsored project to boost healthcare access in Kenya and the region. IFC Senior Director William Sonneborn said the project dubbed ‘The TechEmerge Health’ will link the
South Africa: SA Medical Students Develop App for World Competition
Two KwaZulu-Natal medical students have presented to the World Health Organisation, a cellphone application designed to help with ensuring patients take pills regularly, the University of KZN said on Sunday. “They have designed an innovative approach using cellphone based technology to send automated alerts/reminders via text messages (SMS) to patients
