WHO Academy, the esteemed learning center scheduled to launch early next year, is set to amplify learning for impact through several digital and face to face courses, reaching millions of healthcare workers and others worldwide via the latest technologies and advancements in learning science. As a fundamental part of their efforts, WHO Academy is working […]
MedTech
As the pandemic continues spreading, the coronavirus is now disrupting lifesaving immunization services around the globe, and putting millions of children at risk of diseases like measles, diphtheria, and polio. This warning comes jointly from WHO the World Health Organization, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, and UNICEF. The warning came just before the Global Vaccine Summit […]
37 nations have agreed to sign the C-TAP initiative aimed at developing vaccines, treatments, tests and other health technologies to fight coronavirus, accessible to all. C-TAP short for COVID-19 Technology Access Pool, was proposed early in March by Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado who joined WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the video launch […]
Malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, has been sent to Brazil at the behest of US President Donald Trump. The president is pitching the drug as a possible cure or treatment for Covid-19 and dispatching it to one of the hardest hit countries. The problem is that the medication has yet not been backed up by enough clinical […]
A universal hearing aid app has been launched by ChatableApps using AI technology. Unlike traditional techniques which focus on the ear itself, the ChatableApp targets the brain. By reverse engineering the hearing process in a healthy human brain, a technique dubbed end-to-end synthesis was built. This allows sufferers of hearing loss to be able to […]
Coronavirus technologies are being developed by businesses, researchers and innovators around the world to help mitigate the impact of the current pandemic. From 3D printed ventilators to apps that collect data and track the spread of the coronavirus, technology projects are fast becoming essential tools in these uncertain times. Applying Big Data to understand the […]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, countries across the world have been impacted. Africa in particular a has been faced with a lack of foreign investment, which may have sparked innovation in Africa as tech innovators find ways of creating, efficient inexpensive solutions that are to help fight against the pandemic. For a continent […]
As coronavirus vaccine trials take place all over the world, scientists gather data to help maximize research potential and to ensure a more efficient, effective and ethical study design. Despite rigorous vaccine efforts however, the picture remains unclear. In mid-May, Moderna a US biotech firm exposed the first data from a trial. Its coronavirus vaccine […]
Medical Advisory Clinic to be launched by telehealth startup, Doctor Anywhere. Partnering with major insurers such as AIG and Cigna Singapore, Doctors Anywhere will offer their services free of charge to their policyholders. The Medical Advisory Clinic whose headquarters are in Singapore is a full suite service to those living in Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand. […]
Covid-19 AI diagnostics app is being deployed to identify pathologies in patient’s lungs to help detect covid-19. This helps determine the patient’s triage, or degree of severity and priority of treatment, after CT scan, which classifies the many respiratory-related cases doctors are wading through with much greater efficiency and accuracy. The categorization of cases by […]