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14May

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Medicine

AHF: Ten Ways WHO Catastrophically Failed the World

With the upcoming World Health Assembly at the end of May, and indications that the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general plans to seek a second term in office, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS care globally, calls on the United Nations Member States to consider and address the many ways in which the WHO did not measure up to the task of protecting the world from COVID-19. “It is now fourteen months since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and the world was thrown into chaos. Vaccinations are ramping up, but much too slowly in many parts of the world – and countries like India are on ‘fire’,” said AHF President Michael Weinstein. “Coordinated international efforts to control COVID-19 have been virtually non-existent, raising the quest...

How the global pandemic impacts us and our future: Be prepared

10May

By Conrad KullmanNo Comments

Main, Medicine

How the global pandemic impacts us and our future: Be prepared

by Conrad Kullman, MD at FAR UVC AFRICA Cue post-pandemic where business is back on its feet, we’re meeting new people and shaking hands with the regulars once again. Rewind to a year ago and It felt like a distant dream. People have spent the last year trying to understand what the novel COVID virus is and what will happen today and in the future. However, one year later and after much concern for the COVID vaccines that are currently underway, we’ve still got some way to go. As human beings, we usually only know how to solve a problem once it’s hit us without warning. This is the opportunity that we have to take in order to be prepared for the next big thing. Big Impact We’re all in agreement that we’re dealing with something bigger than we’ve anticipated. Looking back at the time when T...

30Apr

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Medicine, South Africa News, Startups

SA startup, AURA, on what it takes to go global

AURA, South Africa’s leading security and medical response platform, recently announced its expansion into Kenya, followed closely by a move into the UK where it aims to have over 10,000 users receiving the company’s service within seven months. Later this year, the startup will look at possible expansions in Mexico and Nigeria. Warren Myers, AURA’s CEO believes that South African startups can compete with the best in the world thanks to a focus on smart innovations that answer real-world issues. “The biggest problems in the world are starting to feel fixable for the first time in history. Many people are still unaware of just what will be achievable with hyperscale technology tools like AI, IoT, blockchain, and nanotechnology, among others,” notes Myers. He adds that startups have a uniq...

6Apr

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Business, Medicine, South Africa News

Clean Air Crucial for Curbing COVID-19 Spread and Upping Productivity in Workplaces. Four Ways Clean Air is Better for Business

South Africa is bracing itself for a third COVID-19 wave. According to scientists, this is due to the slow start to the vaccination programme and relaxed level 1 restrictions. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has stated that: “If that third wave comes, it should be managed (in such a way) that we keep the economy going and protect lives.” “To this end, employers need to ensure that they fulfil their moral and legal obligation of providing a safe and healthy workplace for their staff,” says Koen Van Wynendaele, Daikin South Africa Managing Director. He continues: “There is growing evidence that COVID-19 infection can occur from airborne exposure to the virus, particularly in enclosed spaces with poor ventilation[i]. With this in mind, employers need to consider the air quality of their workpla...

26Mar

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Medicine, South Africa News

SA Must Adopt a Human-Centred Approached to Healthcare Delivery

But Can Telemedicine Close the Gap? It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the existing inequality in South Africa, and in the case of access to healthcare, it exacerbated it. This is according to Paul Cox, Managing Director of the Essential Group of Companies (which includes health insurance provider EssentialMED). The latest figures from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) estimate that the number of excess deaths in South Africa between May 2020 and March 2021 is 146,626,[1]- a far cry from the most recent official Covid death toll of 52,196[2]. By comparing the time trends in excess deaths, SAMRC says that between 85-95% of the unaccounted deaths were likely to be directly related to Covid and that the remaining 5-15% were probably collateral causes due t...

24Mar

By Conrad KullmannNo Comments

Medicine, South Africa News, Tech

The application of far-UVC as a means of disinfection

By Conrad Kullmann, MD at FAR UVC AFRICA In today’s climate and this century’s most widespread global pandemic, the need for ground-breaking sanitation solutions has never been more critical. At the forefront of modern-day hygiene and sanitation is human safe far-UVC technology. While much of the world’s focus has turned towards the introduction and distribution of vaccines, and rightly so, there is merit yet in businesses and even industries considering far-UVC sanitation methods for the health and wellbeing of their staff and their customers. Far-UVC differs significantly to standard UVC technology, in that it is safe for humans and animals and achieves this by emitting a lower wavelength of 222 nanometres. Much talk of COVID-19 defences in 2021 has been of the formulation and distribut...

16Mar

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Medicine, Science, Tech

Nano Announces Lead Investor Commitment for $90 Million Funding Round

The investment will accelerate the scale-up of Nano’s platform to expand vaccine access and alternate delivery. AUSTIN, Texas and DUBAI, UAE (Arab Newswire) -- Nano Cures Inc. (“Nano”), clinical-stage biotechnology and infectious disease immunity platform company, announced a $90M pre-IPO funding round. The investment will be led by a $20M commitment from Opulence Capital Management, a Dubai-based private investment fund, with existing and new investors participating. The investment will accelerate the global scale-up of Nano’s Cures Platform for Covid-19 variants, including vaccines and persistent immunity delivery. Nano’s novel self-administered technology moves delivery beyond syringes and shots, to an array of nasal, dermal, ophthalmic, sublingual, and oral options. Nano will open up...

13Mar

By Jamie AnnNo Comments

Medicine

Basic Equipment of a New Medical Office

Since a hospital is a facility or an institution where sick people visit for treatment or medical attention, there are various hospitals across the world and others are still being built. This is because healthcare is crucial in the life of a human being. However, when you build a new hospital, there are some amenities that you need to install. One of the vital rooms that you need to have in a hospital is the medical office. The office ought to be equipped with the right facilities that will facilitate the smooth running of activities in the hospital. Here are some of the basic facilities that a new medical office should have. •Medial cabinets Medical cabinets are special wooden or metallic cabinets that are always installed on the walls of the medical office. It is one of the most crucial...

9Mar

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Events, Kenya News, Medicine, South Africa News, Startups

Announcing Winners of the 8th Edition of the Sankalp Africa Summit Awards

Over 1,200 delegates virtually convened for the 3-Day summit on ‘A Resilient Africa - Forging Solutions for the Impact Economy’ Sankalp Forum, an initiative of Intellecap hosted its 8th Edition of the Sankalp Africa Summit, in a virtual format, from the 2nd to 4th March 2021, one of Africa’s largest inclusive networking platform focusing on entrepreneurship and the impact investing ecosystem. Some of the key highlights of the summit include the awarding of the top three most innovative young entrepreneurs in Africa and sharing of sector insights on, rebuilding a resilient universally accessible health system capable of rapidly detecting, assessing, reporting; rebuilding robust local institutions in Africa to attain globally competitive levels post Covid-19; and eliminating social and econo...

17Feb

By Jennifer ShawNo Comments

Medicine

Benefits Of Vinyasa Yoga

Vinyasa is a yoga style in which you switch from one pose directly into the next. In Vinyasa, the yogi is expected to flow from one pose into another, although the specific poses and the pace of the flow vary from one trainer to the next. You must have heard the term Ashtanga yoga is used interchangeably with Vinyasa, this is because they are similar in approach. The major difference is that while Ashtanga follows the same pattern of postures consistently, Vinyasa on the other hand changes postures at the instructor’s discretion. This transition should be in harmony with your breathing as you inhale and exhale. Vinyasa gives you the feeling that your breath is moving your body. Transition in Vinyasa could be fast-paced or slow, depending on your mood and body condition. A fast-paced Vinyas...