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A recent article in the British Medical Journal brought to the world’s attention the significant financial cost of the external brain drain. It studied 9 African countries that typically export doctors, and 3 western countries that tend to import doctors … Continue reading →

As promised, here are a few examples of innovative mhealth applications in Africa from the mHealth Summit last week in DC: In Tanzania, D-Tree with Harvard faculty tested eIMCI with significant impact on the sickest kids because full guidelines were … Continue reading →

I thoroughly enjoyed the mHealth summit. The crowd was a mix of people from different sectors, all energized about the potential of mhealth and clearly everyone felt we are on the verge of a major transformation in medicine. A few … Continue reading →

Given the increasing brain drain of doctors leaving Africa, the issue of retention is a top priority for Ministries of Health (MOH) and medical schools in Africa. The MOHs want to incentivize physicians to both stay in country and go … Continue reading →

I came across an interesting group African Medical Librarians and Deans – who have put together a number of online courses and presentations addressing internet literacy among medical students. This is an example of how the approach to ehealth in … Continue reading →

It sounds obvious that medical schools in developing countries should share curricula. That open access is the way to go to address the severe shortage of doctors, and especially of faculty to train doctors. In fact I think there’s a … Continue reading →

The McKinsey Quarterly Report suggests that Africa is on the rise and in particular, Sub-Saharan Africa is a land of economic promise.   The region is weathering the global downturn better than Latin America, Europe and Central Asia. The article suggests … Continue reading →