HealthCare
TymeBank Launches Medical Insurance App for South Africans
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Moderna to Build its First African Vaccine Plant in Kenya Worth $500M
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Mental Health Investigation Launched Against TikTok
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New Vaccine Mandates Could Be Expected in SA Very Soon
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What are the Benefits of Mixing & Matching Your COVID Booster Shot?
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Paving Way for Improved Healthcare With Mobile Device Management
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Nigeria’s Bayelsa State and Zipline Announce Major Medical Partnership
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Singapore firm uses blockchain to battle counterfeit COVID-19 jabs
Singaporean healthcare services provider Zuellig Pharma is using a blockchain-based network to track COVID-19 vaccinations to prevent practitioners from administering expired vaccines. Zuellig Pharma says that its new “eZTracker” management system can help prevent improperly stored or counterfeit vaccines from being used by allowing its clients to instantly verify the provenance and authenticity of their vaccines via a mobile app. “Accidents involving expired or improperly stored vaccines can be avoided,” said Daniel Laverick, vice-president and head of digital and data solutions at Zuellig Pharma. eZTracker uses the SAP blockchain to capture, track and trace multiple data points to improve supply chain transparency. The eZTracker website explains how it works: “Simply scan the QR code on ...
South Africa: 40% of healthcare providers use medical equipment with a legacy OS
Image sourced from Healthcare Finance. Medicine has always been a field where innovations play a crucial and truly life-saving role. However, during the pandemic, the healthcare industry was forced to significantly speed up the implementation of new developments. Indeed, this pace of change and urgent digitalisation within medical organisations was noted by 81% of executives in a recent Accenture report. To determine whether this mass transition to telehealth is keeping pace with security measures, Kaspersky conducted a global survey of healthcare providers. The research found that organisations globally widely use medical equipment with a legacy OS, mainly because of high upgrade costs, compatibility issues, or a lack of internal knowledge on how to upgrade, among other reasons. The usage...
New app tracks family planning supplies in Kenya
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Consortium ships ultra-cold freezers to Africa for vaccines
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Make a wish: New Year’s resolutions from crypto industry insiders
As the new year rapidly approaches, people are thinking about what they can do to make 2022 even better than 2021. With so much anticipation for cryptocurrency in the coming year from government policymakers and market action, it’s no wonder that some in the crypto industry have ambitious resolutions for the new year with how they will help to shape the industry for the better. National governments have taken steps to increase the global adoption of blockchain technology right up to the end of 2021. Late in the year, governments from Australia, Kazakhstan, Brazil and the Eastern Caribbean launched, or made public, their plans regarding central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The United States Senate heard testimonies from crypto company executives in December, and Thailand’s governme...
