More than 95 percent of people living in Nigeria do not have full coverage of essential health services and about 70 per cent of the country’s population still spend out-of-pocket for health services, according to Budgit, a platform that analyses Nigerian budgets and public data.
The PPP between government, pharmaceutical giant, Novartis and the Sickle Cell Foundation Ghana, will improve the diagnoses and accelerate treatment for people with SCD in the country with the introduction of hydroxyurea to the treatment line at affordable cost.
Dr Ali bin Talib al Hinai, Under-Secretary for Planning Affairs, said Health Ministry alone — the dominant provider of healthcare services in the Sultanate — spends on average around RO 100 million annually towards pharmaceutical drugs and surgical consumables, around 90 per cent of which is sourced from overseas suppliers.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today Wednesday donated medical and non-medical commodities and equipment to Yobe state government to help the state in the area of health emergencies and to equipped some health facilities in the state.
Over the next 120 days, until November 5, 2018, the US government re-imposed all economic sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program that had been previously lifted, including “secondary sanctions” on non-US entities that conduct financial or commercial transactions with Iran.
Israeli medtech and biotech companies are in line for an early Christmas present. On Tuesday morning, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin met with Israeli health officials and Marius Nacht, co-founder of life sciences and healthcare venture capital fund aMoon, to discuss the opening of a local branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
In a survey carried out by HIMSS Analytics in Europe last year, hospital IT executives reported grappling with many of the same challenges faced by players in other regions around the globe. From the lack of interoperability to ageing populations and issues in attracting and retaining top IT talent, common obstacles to digitisation were identified in most of the European countries polled.
The hospital has dedicated necessary human, financial and information technology resources for the effective execution of the program. Moreover, it is regularly monitoring antibiotic prescribing and resistance patterns, alongside regularly reporting information on antibiotic use and resistance to doctors, nurses and relevant staff while educating clinicians about the resistance and optimal prescribing.
UK nationals who live in EU countries will have different arrangements to access healthcare, depending on which country they live in. The government has issued country-by-country advice for UK nationals living in other EU countries.
In Malawi, Ghana and Kenya, health workers, tech startups and package-delivery giant United Parcel Service Inc., have joined forces to ensure children receive all four potentially lifesaving shots of the malaria vaccine.
The initiative is rolled-out in association with MySaudiWellness, an integrated digital health and wellness provider offering a range of services and digital health platform that provide a multidimensional view of the health data of employees and their families.
The company will appoint a team of researchers, which will use the company’s scientific resources, to enhance the discovery, development and delivery of next generation medicines and vaccines.
Kadimastem Ltd., a biotechnology firm that develops cell therapies, said it has received “promising interim results” from a first group of patients treated with its new therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a fatal neurodegenerative condition that causes the loss of muscle control.
The project aims to support the healthcare sector, improve the efficiency of healthcare services and develop the capacities of local medical personnel. It will provide treatment and healthcare services to thousands of citizens on Pemba and surrounding islands in Zanzibar.
Government spending on health care in the GCC will rise to $30.5 billion by 2021, from just $2.4 billion in 2016, an annual growth rate of more than 9 per cent, said the organizers of the upcoming Mena Health Insurance Congress in Dubai, UAE, citing an Oxford Economics forecast.
Kenyans are staring at a health crisis after it was revealed that hospitals have been operating without a number of essential medicines. The country could be facing a nationwide shortage of drugs following a new government directive accompanied by rules that have made importation of pharmaceutical products difficult.
For every 1,000 babies born in Ghana, nearly 50 will die by the age of five; only a few decades ago, the child mortality rate was more than double this1. It is known that children whose mothers are uneducated and poor are at a higher risk of dying because they don’t have the means to travel to healthcare facilities.
Sales of $4.3 billion fell by 6% from a year earlier, while the net loss widened to 29 cents a share from 27 cents a year ago. However, the positives were strong enough to send shares 11.6% higher Thursday morning: Teva generated $551 million of free cash flow in the quarter and raised the low end of its profit and cash flow guidance.
New Innovation Hub at Sheba Medical Center Aimed at Accelerating Cutting-edge Technologies Developed by Israeli Digital Healthcare Start-ups. Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer inaugurated its state-of-the-art ARC Innovation Center on Thursday evening, a hub to accelerate cutting-edge technologies developed by Israeli digital healthcare start-ups.
Labat said that it has concluded the acquisition of 70% of a seeds and genetics business, known as Knuckle Genetics. Knuckle Genetics produce high quality cannabis flower, oils and concentrates with a very high (more than 20%) Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content for the export market.
Johnson & Johnson said it submitted two marketing authorisation applications to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its vaccine regimen targeting the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus, which most commonly causes outbreaks of the deadly disease..
When it took over Shire in a deal worth $59 billion earlier this year, Takeda had to borrow around $30 billion from banks to finance the acquisition. Since then, paying off the debt has been a priority, and the company has been looking to divest unwanted parts of its business to repay the banks.
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Nigeria, has acquired Kenya’s iHub for an undisclosed fee. The deal will see iHub’s team become part of CcHUB’s wider central support and strategy network, whilst retaining its name and senior management structure.
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