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Korea seeks to become world’s top biopharmaceutical manufacturer by 2030

July 25, 2023
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Chief among the next-generation growth drivers will be biopharmaceutical manufacturing, bioenergy, new biomaterials development and digital bioenergy ecosystem establishment. Korea will seek to achieve bio-related economic production of 100 trillion won ($79 billion) and increase biopharmaceutical exports to $50 billion by 2030, the industry ministry said Wednesday. Chief among the next-generation growth drivers will be biopharmaceutical manufacturing, bioenergy, new…

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African scientists are working to pool data that decodes diseases – a giant step

May 11, 2023
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Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; Marburg virus in Guinea or Equatorial Guinea; cholera in Malawi; malaria and tuberculosis are among them. These diseases do not respect human-made or porous borders. So it’s essential that scientists in Africa are able to generate and share…

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Training underway in Accra on addressing shortage of nuclear imaging medical physicists

May 4, 2023
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A clinical fellowship in nuclear medicine, aimed to address the shortage of imaging medical physicists in Africa, is underway in Accra. The six-month fellowship, which opened on April 3 and expected to end on October 3, 2023, has eight participants from five African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, Sudan, and Tanzania. A study conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency…

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AXESS Networks, COMITAS e-Health, Wazima Health partner to provide eHealth solutions in Africa

March 28, 2023
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Wazima Health, Africa’s Integrated e-Health Telemedicine and Health management UK company, AXESS Networks, a global leader of satellite communications solutions provider, and COMITAS e-Health, a Spanish Telemedicine Service Provider, hereby announce their joint partnership. Three strong partners – one common goal: making healthcare accessible to everyoneThe collaboration brings together the expertise and resources of three of the most innovative…

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Rwanda to Host Continental Health-Tech Summit

May 31, 2022
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Rwanda is set to host the first-ever HealthTech Summit for Africa, bringing together players, and innovators in the healthcare sector to discuss and showcase the potential of healthtech on the continent. Organised by HealthTech Hub Africa– a Kigali based health-tech accelerator–the summit will take place from June 2 to 4, 2022, and it comes at a critical time when…

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