Due to the launch of the “Pocket Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk”, which is available in six languages, health workers around the world will be able to easily identify those at risk of heart attacks and strokes and save some of the estimated 20 million lives lost to these diseases annually by prescribing the most appropriate treatment.
As part of a UN programme for tackling poverty in rural Africa, 79 villages across 10 African countries will be hooked up to cellular networks. Around half a million people, described by the UN as “the poorest of the poor”, are expected to make mobile calls soon.
In recognition for his outstanding contribution in the field of Diagnostic and Health care industry in India Dr. GSK Velu, Managing Director, Trivitron group of companies has been conferred with the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Award,2007’.
This initiative will improve the health service delivery system in the rural areas. All the 55,400 women health volunteers in the State will receive mobile phones.
Ericsson has partnered with the Earth Institute at Columbia University to provide connectivity to the Millennium Villages project.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting efforts by the Government of Indonesia to reduce malnutrition among poor children and pregnant women to put the country on track to achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting efforts by the Government of Indonesia to reduce malnutrition among poor children and pregnant women to put the country on track to achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Soon the nursing service at Essen University Hospital will become wireless as part of its ambitious wireless health IT project.
Soon the nursing service at Essen University Hospital will become wireless as part of its ambitious wireless health IT project.
The International Health Partnership aims to improve the way that international agencies, donors and poor countries work together to develop and implement health plans, creating and improving health services for poor people and ultimately saving more lives.
Intel has partnered with the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to transform healthcare in rural India.
LipidLabs, Inc. announced its board resolution that adopts the Telemedicus (TMI) corporate moniker as they move forward into the telemedicine marketplace. LipidLabs has recently purchased the assets of Telemedicus, Inc., including the “Disaster Relief and Emergency Medical Services (Dreams) Technology” and related communication equipment and technology developed by Texas A&M University.
