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Lauren Said-Moorhouse: 5 African Startups Shaking up Healthcare
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/23/2015 - 16:20
- Access Mobile, Uganda - a platform that facilitates doctor-patient interaction through text and email.
- Gifted Mom, Cameroon - a mHealth startup using low-cost tech, to provide medical advise to women in rural areas.
- U-Report, Zambia - a youth-centered program providing confidential, free, individualized, and interactive counseling services on HIV and AIDS.
- Medical Diagnostic, South Africa - a rapid test kit which can diagnose strains of malaria, using blood samples. It can offer results in less than 30 minutes.
- Flying Doctors, Nigeria - the first medical air service in West Africa.
Source: "The Doctor Will See You Now: 5 Startups Shaking up Healthcare," CNN, 8 June 2015.
Source URL: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/08/africa/health-startups-africa/
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