Innovation

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

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The JSS Village Health Workers and the Government Mitanin and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife. Credit: Sweta Daga

How an app built to diagnose COVID-19 is finding babies with pneumonia in rural India

3 Apr 2024

5 min read

Pneumonia Innovation

Local women of Ajayameru rural Municipality attended an ultrasound check-up at a health camp in the village. Credit: Chhatra Karki

In rural Nepal, an ultrasound machine builds community trust in health care

2 Apr 2024

6 min read

Maternal and child health Innovation

The GeneXpert machines in Brazzaville, Congo analyses around 70 samples every day to detect TB. Many people with the disease, which is particularly prevalent in the Asia Pacific region and Africa, do not even get properly diagnosed. Copyright: WHO/OLUSIMI Vijay.

Missing TB cases ‘key to elimination’

28 Mar 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Tuberculosis Innovation

Tigistu Anemaw, the captain of a fast boat ambulance, Dek Health center. Credit: Mulugeta Andulem

Not just a “sharp scratch”: on an island in Lake Tana, immunisation was an odyssey

26 Mar 2024

5 min read

Innovation Routine immunisation

Malaria vaccination in Cameroon. Credit: Gavi/2024/Go'tham Industry

Five innovations that could help to eliminate malaria

12 Mar 2024

6 min read

Malaria Innovation Vaccine development

Diamond Back Rattle Snake. Credit: Pixabay on Pexels

We’re a step closer to having a universal antivenom for snake bites – new study

6 Mar 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Innovation

A drone at Hirko Health Centre. Credit: Solomon Yimer

Hope from the sky: drones deliver vaccines to remote regions of Ethiopia

1 Mar 2024

5 min read

Innovation Routine immunisation

Auto-disable syringes as they are the gold standard for vaccination safety, designed to prevent re-use. Credit: Revital Healthcare

African-made auto-disable syringes are bolstering immunisation on the continent

27 Feb 2024

6 min read

Innovation Made in Africa

A swarm of mosquitoes. Credit: Hans from Pixabay

South American cities release mosquitoes to stem disease

7 Feb 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Dengue

Recent smartwatches have integrated AI and health-monitoring capabilities for personal fitness and well-being. The WHO says healthcare providers need to be aware of the risks of using AI. Copyright: cottonbro studio / Pexels, Free to use

AI risks in global health ‘must be accounted for’ – WHO

6 Feb 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

Enhanced Ebola screening. Researchers at the University of Zambia and Hokkaido University, Japan, have designed a kit to detect the Ebola virus within minutes. Copyright: Josh Denmark / Official DHS/CBP, (Public Domain).

Containing Ebola with fast detection kits

26 Jan 2024

2 min read

Cross-posts Ebola Innovation

False-coloured scanning electron micrograph of two Plasmodium ookinetes (purple), each parasite measuring 12 micrometres. This represents one stage in the malaria parasite life cycle. Plasmodium is a parasitic protozoa that causes malaria. Copyright: Leandro Lemgruber, University of Glasgow. (CC BY 4.0).

Ultrasensitive tools ‘detect asymptomatic malaria’

25 Jan 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Malaria

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