By eHealth Network — Dr Shuchin Bajaj, CEO, Founder Director, Ujala Cygnus Hospitals shares his insights on the future roadmap of Health IT in the country. Edited excerpts: Has India’s health care system embarked on a purely digital journey? With the advent of the digital medium in healthcare services, doctors and patients are more connected now …
By Elmer Aluge — People with sickle cell disease live with ‘disabilities’; let’s accept that first. An estimated four million people in Nigeria live with sickle cell disease (SCD), a genetic blood disorder with no imminent feasible cure. Yet, just because there is no feasible cure for sickle cell disease does not mean that people living …
By Timothy Egwelu — What you need to know: The limited accessibility of market products and services in comparison to relative need demonstrates the lack of awareness. Great strides have been made in developing technologies that assist disabled people. Braille readers, hearing aids and mobility devices have all improved immensely the lives of disabled people. …
By Faith Nyasuguta — For a week between June 26 and July 3, 2022, the East Africa Community Sexual and Reproductive Health Bill under consideration at the East Africa Legislative Assembly was out for public participation across 6 of the 7 EAC countries. Africa Equity Media spoke to Stephanie Musho, a Nairobi-based human rights lawyer leading …
Noor says that shortly after qualifying as a junior doctor, he became overwhelmed by the number of patients that – despite his efforts – were dying from preventable and/or treatable diseases and conditions. He went on to study public health at Harvard, and took on the role of coordinating seven malaria vaccine trials in five …