KENYA – Pathologists Lancet Kenya Limited, part of the Lancet Group of Laboratories, has slashed the prices of its Covid-19 tests specifically a 28 per cent reduction for all walk-in…
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South Korean hospital to establish a metaverse clinic to attract overseas patients
SOUTH KOREA- Chosun University Hospital, a private university hospital in the southwestern city of Gwangju in South Korea, is setting up a virtual clinic in the metaverse. It aims to…
Read MoreOutgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta inaugurates the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority
KENYA – New milestone as Outgoing President of Kenya Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta has inaugurated the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority that will be tasked with regulating all services relating to…
Read MoreGambia institutes digital birth certificates, National Health Insurance
GAMBIA – The Gambia, through the Ministry of Health, has rolled out new digital health solutions namely the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) System and the National Health Insurance…
Read MoreGeneral Catalyst seeks more health system partners with new US$670M healthcare fund
USA – General Catalyst has launched a US$670 million healthcare investment fund called Health Assurance Fund II, which seeks to carry on the mission of the venture capital firm’s first…
Read MoreIndian hospital chains head overseas, transforming traditional model of medical tourism
INDIA –Indian hospital chains are trying to reverse the model of medical tourism, accelerating direct entry into geographies such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa and the rest of…
Read MoreDialysis care leader Africa Healthcare Network eyes expansion into Ghana
GHANA – Executive Chairperson of Africa Healthcare Network (AHN) Nikhil Pereira-Kamath has announced that AHN has recently expanded into Ghana and expects its first dialysis center by the end of…
Read MoreNovartis, Egypt’s Cleopatra Hospitals Group ink pact for cardiovascular disease treatment
EGYPT – Pharma giant Novartis Pharma Egypt and Cleopatra Hospitals Group (CHG), Egypt’s best provider of medical and healthcare services, have entered into a strategic partnership deal to provide the…
Read MoreKenya acquires non-invasive digital technologies for noncommunicable diseases from AstraZeneca
KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Health has secured digital non-mydriatic research equipment from multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that uses retinal cameras to analyze the risk of a patient having or…
Read MoreDjibouti acquires a US$4M well-equipped mobile field hospital from the US
DJIBOUTI – Djibouti’s Ministry of Health has secured a US$4M fully equipped mobile field hospital from the United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), designed…
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