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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...

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...

27Jan

By Africa BusinessNo Comments

Medicine, South Africa News

There is a third way to minimise COVID exposure –Let’s start using it

by FAR UVC AFRICA There is nothing normal about what some people are calling the “new normal“. Humans are gregarious. For millions of years, we have eaten together, celebrated together, and played together. It’s time to get back to that “old normal“. And there are certainly safe ways to go back there. The main way SARS-Co-2 spreads, in fact the way most coronaviruses spread, is through the air. An infected person coughs or sneezes and aerosolised droplets are inhaled by an otherwise healthy person. There are two primary methods for minimising exposure to the virus recommended by the various Centres for Disease Control: wearing a mask or face covering over your mouth and nose, and social distancing. In addition to these two widely publicised methods is a third, fairly new, yet rarely mentio...

Illumina collaborates with 54gene in the creation of a world-class genomics facility in Nigeria

3Sep

By Africa BusinessNo Comments

Medicine, Nigeria News, Science

Illumina collaborates with 54gene in the creation of a world-class genomics facility in Nigeria

Partnership will expand 54gene’s sequencing-based research and molecular diagnostics capabilities with a focus on improving health outcomes through precision medicine 03 September, 2020, Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced a collaboration with 54gene, a health technology company whose mission is to advance precision medicine capabilities in Africa through research, advanced molecular diagnostics and clinical programs. The partnership will support the establishment of a new genetics facility in Lagos, Nigeria, equipped with a suite of Illumina's cutting-edge sequencing and high-density microarray technology platforms, which will generate genetic information for health research and drug development. Africa contains more genetic diversity than any other continent because the Afri...

Telemedicine in Africa as a concrete way to solve some problems

21May

By VGNo Comments

Main, Medicine, Science, South Africa News, Startups

Telemedicine in Africa as a concrete way to solve some problems

Tools for innovation: mobile applications, medical specialized websites for medical personnel, scientists, and for educating people in the field of medicine, crowdfunding fundraising campaigns, mobile medical cars and other innovations The use of telemedicine can greatly help in solving the problems of medicine in African countries. The creation of special telemedicine websites within a specific country and a single telemedicine portal on the African continent will help the development of medicine and the solution of problems in this area. Thanks to this, an exchange of experience will be carried out between doctors, scientists both in a particular country and throughout the African continent. Joint remote conferences will create a plan for the development of medicine based on a real under...