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Jan 13, 2015
Data for the people
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), like many other National Statistic Offices, is transforming its systems and processes to change the way we disseminate statistics. This transformation will deliver the first large scale Australian digital Census in 2016, increase efficiency, develop new solutions, and ensure the ABS provides a better evidence base for use by government and the community.
Jan 9, 2015
Open Clinical Data The First Step Towards Open Innovation
The facility also includes an eHealth laboratory called the Living Lab, run by National ICT Australia (NICTA) and designed to allow researchers, small businesses and clinicians to collaborate on co-designing, co-developing and co-deploying eHealth solutions in a practical clinical environment.
Jan 9, 2015
UNICEF helps restart measles immunizations in Ebola-hit countries
UNICEF is helping governments and communities restart stalled immunizations amid a surge in measles cases in Ebola-affected countries, where health systems are overwhelmed and tens of thousands of children are left vulnerable to deadly diseases.
Jan 9, 2015
Poll: Most Americans Would Share Health Data For Research
Americans, by and large, don’t seem all that worried about what happens to the information in their medical records.
Jan 8, 2015
3-D Printer Helps Fight Malaria in Africa
Every minute a child dies of malaria. And it’s a disease that’s preventable and curable! A special team at Vanderbilt is in the thick of the fight against malaria and other diseases—with the help of a 3-d printer.
Jan 7, 2015
Promising antibiotic discovered in microbial ‘dark matter’
An antibiotic with the ability to vanquish drug-resistant pathogens has been discovered — through a soil bacterium found just beneath the surface of a grassy field in Maine. Although the new antibiotic has yet to be tested in people, there are signs that pathogens will be slow to evolve resistance to it.
Jan 7, 2015
New approach may lead to inhalable vaccines for influenza, pneumonia
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University have uncovered a novel approach to creating inhalable vaccines using nanoparticles that shows promise for targeting lung-specific diseases, such as influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis.
Jan 7, 2015
Medical Lab Brings Innovative Health Technology to Botswana
Diagnofirm Medical Laboratories (DML) is getting to the forefront of medical innovation for the people of Botswana. The company is on the verge of releasing its mobile application for Clinical Reports, which is a first for Botswana.
Jan 5, 2015
Glaring Gains Of Immunisation In Kano
The importance of immunization in the life of a child can never be over emphasized. That is why the global community has since the beginning of the decade embraced vaccination as a way of preventing diseases in children. Experts say many of the childhood-killer diseases like pneumonia, polio, malaria, yellow fever, could be prevented with a simple cost effective measure of immunization.
Jan 2, 2015
Nigeria requires $51bn to fix healthcare system- WEF
Nigeria would require about $51 billion (10 times of public health expenditure in 2012) to catch up with more advanced health systems in developed economies including Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries by 2030, according to a report of the World Economic Forum (WEF)and Boston Consulting Group, the world’s leading advisor on business strategy. While the healthcare systems of Nigeria and other emerging economies struggle to satisfy demand for basic health services, reduce the incidence of preventable communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, etc. and the cost of developing their health systems, Nigeria would need over 700,000 additional doctors to reach OECD levels by 2030, the report stated.