Innovation

Articles related to technologies and innovation that aim to improve health systems and immunisation coverage.

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Childhood vaccines administered in Oromia, Ethiopia. Credit: JSI in Ethiopia

Cutting costs, boosting confidence: a data-first approach to cold chain maintenance

17 Mar 2026

4 min read

Vaccine information Innovation

Betty Nakazibwe with the 12KW solar power panels that supply the facility and staff quarters. Credit: John Musenze

How solar is powering maternal care and immunisation in rural Uganda

16 Mar 2026

8 min read

Innovation Maternal and child health

Mothers immunise their children at Panshekara PHC. Credit: Afeez Bolaji

Solar electricity powers improved service delivery at Kano health centres

11 Mar 2026

7 min read

Routine immunisation Innovation

A female health worker looks through a microscope connected to a computer screen, examining a sample during a community health session

How a peep through a microscope changed health-seeking behaviours in Pakistan

18 Feb 2026

7 min read

Innovation Routine immunisation

Health worker receives drone-delivered medications in Eswatini. Credit: Nkwe

Eswatini's health workers call medical delivery drone network "revolutionary"

21 Jan 2026

5 min read

Innovation Spotlight on innovation

An outside view of India’s one of the mobile BSL-3 lab, one of only two in India, parked up in Gorakhpur. Credit: Nasir Yousufi

This Indian bus is actually a high-security mobile laboratory

8 Jan 2026

6 min read

Outbreaks Innovation Pandemic preparedness

Dr Afam Obidike, Anambra State Commissioner for Health, says telemedicine has improved healthcare acess and vaccination uptake, especially in rural areas. Credit: Afam Obidike

This Nigerian state is using telemedicine to bring doctors closer to rural families

26 Nov 2025

7 min read

Innovation

Using an AI tool in a smartphone to identify a disease-spreading mosquito. Credit: SciDev.Net

AI and citizens detect invasive mosquito in Madagascar

20 Nov 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

With the high smartphone adoption rate among Nigerians, public health experts call for more developers to build health-focused mobile games for a healthy country. Credit Jesusegun Alagb

The mobile game driving vaccine awareness in Nigeria

23 Sep 2025

6 min read

Made in Africa Innovation Vaccine information

Indicators used in tracking innovation in Africa are borrowed from high-income countries. Credit: Getty Images

Africa’s innovations are overlooked because global measures don’t fit: what needs to change

28 Aug 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

Blood pressure machines being handed over to women in the community. Credit. Zim TechWomen

In Zimbabwe an AI “midwife” is making pregnancy safer for underserved women

21 Aug 2025

7 min read

Innovation Made in Africa Maternal and child health

Solar powered medicine fridges in a Malawi clinic. Credit: Gates Foundation

Solar power keeps vaccine fridges humming in climate-hit Mozambique

14 Aug 2025

5 min read

Climate change Innovation

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