Trivitron Group of companies, the largest player of Indian origin in the Medical Technology Industry, has announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Boston Scientific Corp, one of the largest medical devices company worldwide.
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has announced grants of more than USD 14 million to support partners working in Southeast Asia and Africa to help prevent the next pandemic.
Global market for Cardiac Defibrillators the market is forecast to exceed USD 16 billion by 2015. The market is primarily driven by the increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases due to aging population and the increasing availability of emergency medical services worldover for the revival of sudden cardiac death victims.
Ericsson is joining forces with the United Nations Office for partnerships to use telecommunications to bring mobile-health applications and services (m-health) and telemedicine to rural Africa.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Telecommunication Consultant of India Limited (TCIL) for the latter’s Pan-African e-Network project.
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Rockefeller Foundation held a conference series, Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions from 13 July to 8 August at the Bellagio Centre.
Quicker access to cardiologists, neurologists or radiologists even in remote places in Karnataka is now a possibility, thanks to advances in telecommunication. Cardiac emergencies like thrombosis are now being attended to by trained doctors at the Chamarajanagar district hospital and at 19 public health centres (PHCs) under the Karuna Trust.
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Domestic IT major HCL Infosystems has bagged a US$ 23 million deal to implement IT infrastructure for the Pan-African e-Network Project, which provides tele-education and tele-medicine.
In what analysts see as a major vote of confidence for the Turkish economy, General Electric (GE) has decided to move all managing operations in the eastern and African growth markets (EAGM) to İstanbul.
