TECHNOLOGY – THE FUTURE
OF HEALTHCARE
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION ENABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE – NOW’S THE
TIME TO EXTEND IT THROUGHOUT ALL OF AFRICA
TECH-ENABLED HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS
Tech-enabled innovations are transforming the healthcare delivery model in Sub-Saharan Africa. But how can this momentum be leveraged for maximum impact, and technology strategically integrated into resource-constrained settings?
TECHNOLOGY:
THE SOLUTION,
AND THE FUTURE
Percept is putting technology’s successful altering of healthcare delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa in the spotlight, and uncovering how it’s improving access to care.
This momentum can be leveraged to further close healthcare gaps and make tech-enabled tools a reality for all. Harnessing the insights of leading innovators, we are pinpointing key lessons and challenges in this resource-constrained setting, while identifying the scope for opportunity and growth.
REFLECTIONS: SOUTH AFRICAN INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE
Tech-driven primary healthcare innovation in Africa
A classification of the tech-enabled healthcare innovation landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa.
LESSONS AND INSIGHTS
Remote guidance innovations used by community health workers in Africa.
Living Goods (Smart Health app)
and upSCALE share their insights on
developing tools to assist community
healthcare workers in the field.
LESSONS AND INSIGHTS
Telehealth innovation in Rwanda.
The end-to-end telehealth solution
Babyl shines a light on improving
accessibility through integrative
digital innovation.
19 MAY 2020 – TRADE PRESS RELEASE
Govt urged to embrace the power of tech
Research released this week show the real potential that technology has in the effective delivery of primary healthcare services across South Africa…
19 MAY 2020 – MAINSTREAM PRESS RELEASE
Tech-driven Primary healthcare innovation in africa
In a series of five in-depth research reports released over the past few weeks, Percept – a trans-disciplinary consultancy providing data-driven technical and strategic advice…
LESSONS AND INSIGHTS FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Mobile health innovation in self management
Addressing both supply and demand, Triggerise shows how nudge-interventions can improve health, while WelTel shows that simplicity is sometimes key to success.
LESSONS AND INSIGHTS
Enablers and constraints of tech enabled healthcare innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa
Constraints in resource-limited settings make innovation challenging, but current enablers can be leveraged for improved sustainability and success.
TWITTER FEED
Together with @Cancer_ZA, Percept has created the first evidenced-based model to project the burden & cost of cancer services in #SouthAfrica from 2021-2030. In an article written by @EmmaFinestone1 & Dr @jodi_wishnia, the work has now been published in the SA Journal of Oncology
The SA Nursing Council is blocking the training of new nurses by preventing private hospitals from taking on more students, delegates to the Hospital Association of SA conference heard last week.
Shivani Ranchod was presenting & spoke to Business Day...
https://bit.ly/3Pce5H3
Percept's @tuyenipeter and @bethvale22, and @InclSocietyInst's @daryl_swanepoel put forward 5 ways in which South Africa can advance equity, in this new @dailymaverick op ed - take a read.
And look out for the full ISI report called Inequality and Demography on our website soon.
For current and future generations to flourish, we need to build and harness multi-dimensional forms of intergenerational wealth: the health, education, financial security and social ties of one generation have indelible consequences for the next. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-07-12-five-ways-in-which-south-africa-can-advance-equity/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1657653289
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