USA – Siemens Healthineers has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Unilabs, a leading diagnostic services provider, worth over US$219 million (€200 million). Under the agreement with Siemens Healthineers, Unilabs…
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India’s Ministry of Finance sets aside US$10B for the health sector in the 2023/24 budget
INDIA – Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister of India, has announced that the health sector has been allocated about US$10 billion (Rs 89,155 crore) in the 2023/24 union budget to…
Read MoreMinistry of Health concerned with rising malaria cases in the past year
UGANDA – Ministry of Health has reported a worrying surge in malaria cases with figures showing there was an increase in malaria cases from 100,000 in 2021 to 199,695 cases…
Read MoreeHealth Africa upgrades its application to improve public health outcomes
NIGERIA – eHealth Africa, a technology platform that designs, implements, manages, and evaluates health problems, has optimized its software applications to improve public health outcomes. With the Electronic Management of…
Read MoreNHA appoints Praveen Sharma as Director, RS Sharma tenure ends as CEO
INDIA – The National Health Authority (NHA) has hired Praveen Sharma as its new Director under the Central Staffing Scheme for a five-year term. In his new role, Sharma will…
Read MoreAction needed on trafficked medical products – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
AFRICA – Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed to stem the flow, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime…
Read MoreAfrican leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
TANZANIA – Ministers and representatives from twelve African countries have committed themselves, and laid out their plans, to end AIDS in children by 2030. The first ministerial meeting of the…
Read MorePresident of Ghana launches 300-bed capacity block at 37 Military Hospital
GHANA – The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned a three hundred (300)-bed capacity young soldiers’ block at the 37 Military Hospital. President Akufo-Addo…
Read MoreApollo Indraprastha Hospitals co-hosts meeting with MediSage on cancer management
INDIA – Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals and MediSage have jointly organized a one-of-its-kind meeting held in Delhi focused on cancer management and the latest updates on cancer diagnosis and treatment. The…
Read MoreMoHAP, DoH and DHA announce seamless health data integration in the UAE
UAE – The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), Department of Health-Abu Dhabi (DoH), and Dhabi Health Authority (DHA) have successfully integrated their three healthcare platforms: “Riayati”, the National Unified…
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