Home-based counselling strategies alone may not improve neonatal survival in rural Africa
Home visits by volunteers trained to deliver important health messages to women during pregnancy and in the first days of a baby’s life did not appear to improve newborn survival in rural Tanzania, according to new research published in PLOS Medicine. This is despite the study showing improvements in newborn care practices and childbirth in health facilities.
Kenya: GenKey supplies Healthcare Solution to Kenya NHIF
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.
Advanced Cardiac and Renal care centre opened in Nigeria
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.
GSK files malaria vaccine with EMA for use in Africa
GlaxoSmithKline has submitted potentially world's first malaria vaccine against malaria with regulators in Europe.
The vaccine, called RTS,S, is intended exclusively for use against the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite, which is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Around 90% of estimated deaths from malaria occur in that region, and 77% of these are in children under the age of five.
