October 2018 digitalhealth;Eight projects based across the UK will receive financial backing after being named winners of the Digital Health Technology Catalyst (DHTC) and Medicines Manufacturing R2 programmes. Successful projects this year include a GPS app designed to track the availability of hospital beds, an AI-based support system for surgeons …
Read More »KENYA:US-based company in talks to take over Abraaj health fund
September 2018 BusinessDaily;An American private equity fund, TPG Capital, plans to buy the entire stake of cash-strapped Abraaj Holdings in Kenya’s 10 private hospitals and their 18 affiliate clinics. Media reports in Wall Street Journal and Financial Times cited consulting firm AlixPartners as confirming receipt of a letter on the …
Read More »KENYA: Governors set to lose control of Sh13bn health grants
January 2016 DailyNation; Governors are set to lose control of Sh13 billion health grants from the Treasury after Parliament approved their transfer to the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and a yet to be established health fund. The county bosses will lose Sh3.4 billion for free maternal healthcare to NHIF …
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