Cash-rich Indian hospital groups such as recently listed Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. are setting up operations in Africa to tap a growing stream of middle class patients from the continent seeking quality health-care. With financing from Abraaj Group’s Africa Health Fund and the International Finance Corp., the Mumbai-listed group is partnering with Kenyan investors and will break ground on a 130-bed specialist cardiac hospital in the.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 25th November 2016

 A retired Kenilworth dentist who set up dental clinics in Ethiopia two years ago is now receiving help to improve them from her financial mutual.     Jane Innes-Rees has helped set up a university dental unit in the city of Mekelle and clinics in rural areas of the Tigray region since 2014, one of the worst affected areas hit by the famine and civil war in the 1980s.   Jane is a member of financial mutual Wesleyan, and.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 24th November 2016

 A chip containing millions of genetic variations that are common in Africa could help scientists bring the benefits of precision medicine to the continent. The chip could lead to new insights into human health as well as new treatments that work better on Africans. Its developers say it will be ready to use in early 2017.   “This will be the first chip that has been created to specifically target genetic variation in African.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 24th November 2016

Africa is currently home to five of the fastest growing economies in the world. According to a global study, the continent's economy is forecast to grow to $2.6 trillion in 2020 from $1.6 trillion in 2008, fuelled by booms in mining, agriculture and development of ports, roads and other infrastructure. This rapid economic growth is what is creating substantial new business opportunities in the region. Over the past decade, Africa’s real.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 3rd October 2017

 At a time when struggling Turkish exporters are looking for ways to diversify their target markets, Africa is poised to become the new frontier market for Turkish firms as they position themselves to become major stakeholders in the region’s rapidly growing industries. Africa has recorded an annual growth rate of 5 percent over the last decade and is expected to continue this trend in the coming years. Six out of ten fastest growing.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 23rd November 2016

 The company operates an innovative public-private engagement model to address unmet healthcare requirements in Kenya through its chain of clinics and partner service providers   Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd, through its Kenyan subsidiary Bliss GVS Healthcare Limited (BGHL), has won a three year contract worth $ 111.40 million (about Rs 755 crore) from Aon Kenya Insurance Brokers Ltd for provision of medical healthcare services in Kenya..... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 23rd November 2016

Healthcare in East Africa received a major boost with the recent inauguration of a new $13-million training institute in Nairobi, Kenya.   Around 10,000 healthcare professionals from Kenya and other East African countries over the next five years will benefit from the facilities at the GE Healthcare Skills and Training Institute, officially opened in June 2016.   The inauguration was attended by Dr Cleopa Mailu, Cabinet Secretary,.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 23rd November 2016

 Bryand's passion project provides dental aid to children Work in the the Greater Ozarks Center for Advanced Professional Studies (GO CAPS) at Monett High School has had residual benefits, as shown in the work of senior Ashley Bryand.   Ashley's GO CAPS passion project centered around her passion for helping others, her interest in the field of dentistry, and her desire to provide dental hygiene supplies to children in.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 22nd November 2016

 Aga Khan Health Services in the country expects to construct 35 health service centres countrywide by December 2018 to support the government's efforts to deliver quality services.   The Health Services' Regional Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sulaiman Shahabuddin, said in Dar es Salaam over the weekend that upon completion, the project will create jobs for 525 Tanzanians as well as encourage students to study science subjects owing to.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 22nd November 2016

 Solutions for improved dispensing in public health There have been numerous reports in the media about medicine stock-outs at public health facilities which have been framed as a crisis, and indeed, it has been a crisis. Therefore the department of health is rolling out innovative solutions to overcome the country's medicine and staff shortage crises and to improve service to frustrated patients who have to stand in long queues just to.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 4th November 2016

 Specialist training is the first step in fighting cancer in Africa Did you know that the number of practising oncologists barely hits double digits in most African nations? In fact, there are only 13 oncologists in Kenya (all based in Nairobi) for a population of 47m - that's one oncologist per 3,m people. It's even worse in Ethiopia, where a population of more than 100m is served by just four oncologists in Addis Ababa (you don't need me.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 4th November 2016

 The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Rwanda has received a Rwf5 billion grant from Global Affairs Canada, through ADRA Canada and Christian Child Fund, to implement two new projects aimed at fighting maternal, newborn and child mortality and malnutrition in Nyabihu and Kayonza Districts.   The projects dubbed, "Embrace and Promise" were launched in conjunction with the Ministry of Health.   The.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 3rd November 2016