US-born Kaakpema Yelpaala is the entrepreneur behind ClinicCommunicator, a web application that allows healthcare professionals to communicate with patients via mobile phones in Uganda. Using the service, medical personnel can electronically record basic patient information into cloud-based software, and then schedule and send SMS reminders for medicine, scripts and appointments. The model makes use of an annual subscription fee. It is a simple.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 23rd September 2015

In the push for the use of more technology to treat and enhance patient care in Africa Healthcare. A new hospital: The Cardiac and Renal Centre, located in the Gbagada area of Lagos, Nigeria, is the first of its kind in the country specializing in comprehensive advanced Cardiac and Renal care. At full capacity, the centre will employ over 200 nursing and support Staff to provide state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient services that offers.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 23rd September 2015

 Pharmaceutical excipients are no longer inert materials but are effective and able to improve the characteristics of the products' quality, stability, functionality, safety, solubility and acceptance of patients. It can interact with the active ingredients and alter the medicament characteristics. The globalization of medicines' supply enhances the importance of globalized good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements for pharmaceutical.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 19th September 2015

The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has partnered with the Standard Group (SG) to register 25 million members from both the formal and informal sectors by the end of June 2016. NHIF, which was established in 1966 as a department under the Ministry of Health, will use SG’s seven media platforms including Radio Maisha, KTN, KTN NEWS, The Standard, Think Outdoor, The Nairobian and Standard Digital to reach its target.   Speaking.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 9th September 2015

 A new pediatric hospital in Kenya  is set to be constructed after an agreement was signed by Schneider Childrens’ Medical Centre and Nyandarua County.   The construction  project under Schneider which is Israeli’s largest children hospital will offer technical support and human resource development tools to the residents. The project will be constructed in Ol Kalou town.   Nyandarua Governor Daniel.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 8th September 2015

A German-Tanzanian development cooperation over the next three years will focus on strengthening the health system, improving water supply and sanitation, and protecting biodiversity and natural resources.   This is the outcome of bilateral negotiations on development cooperation between the Governments of Germany and Tanzania which were concluded on August 13, 2015 in Dar es Salaam. Germany committed 177 million USD for cooperation.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 5th September 2015

 GenKey, a leading provider of end-to-end solutions for securing identity in Elections and Healthcare,announces that it will supply its Healthcare Solution to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF)of Kenya. The solution consists of an electronic healthcare information management system,including a biometric smart card solution for member registration, biometric deduplication, identification and verification; a healthcare management.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 3rd September 2015

Pharmaceutical excipients are no longer inert materials but are effective and able to improve the characteristics of the products' quality, stability, functionality, safety, solubility and acceptance of patients. It can interact with the active ingredients and alter the medicament characteristics. The globalization of medicines' supply enhances the importance of globalized good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements for pharmaceutical.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 29th August 2015

President Yoweri Museveni has held a meeting with former Botswana President, Sir Ketumile Masire at State House, Entebbe.   Sir Ketumile Masire has been in Uganda at the invitation of the Uganda Management Institute (UMI) for a five-day International Conference on Governance and Service Delivery in Developing Economies.   During the meeting at State House, Museveni said that Uganda and Botswana’s vaccine institutes should.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 28th August 2015

Ascendis Health today announced its first international acquisition with the purchase of a 49% stake in Spanish pharmaceutical group, Farmalider SA, for R210 million, with a right to acquire the remainder of the business in two further tranches over the next five years.   Madrid-based Farmalider develops and manufactures mainly generic pharmaceutical products, with a market leading position in the ibuprofen and paracetamol markets in.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 26th August 2015

Fidson Healthcare plc will commission a N7.5 billion (US$38 million) drug-making plant this year to offer more options in the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry and grow its portfolio.   The new facility will double the company’s production capacity and will, for the first time, add intravenous fluids to Fidson’s product portfolio. The facility is expected to conform to the World Health Organisation (Geneva)’s current Good.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 26th August 2015

Mortimer Harvey Africa Middle East has signed a two-and-a-half-year consultancy services agreement with Rameda, a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical company in Egypt. Thibaud Weick, CEO of Mortimer Harvey Africa Middle East, says the company's scope of work includes consulting, in addition to advertising and digital marketing. "We have been tasked to assist with the export to Nigeria of pharmaceuticals that are produced in Egypt. For this.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 26th August 2015