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The future of AI in healthcare depends not on how advanced our algorithms become, but on how wisely we use them. (Canva)
DIGITAL HEALTH

SA tech firm to launch AI-powered healthcare booking platform

Knockturnal, a wholly black-owned South African technology company, is set to launch Hlokomela, an AI-assisted digital health platform. Founded by software engineer Moses Tjege,…

  • Theo Nyhaba
2 min read
How can data help the health department make the most of the R622 million extra it received for South Africa’s HIV treatment programme? (Flickr)
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Most people on ARVs stay on them. Does our health system know that?

The health department has R622 million extra to prop up South Africa’s HIV treatment programme in the wake of foreign aid cuts, but it’s only about a fifth of the total gap

  • Linda Pretorius
  • Jacques Verryn
9 min read
A computer screen displays the available beds of a hospital, in a Covid-19 ‘war room’ set up at a Municipal Corp. of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) building in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Digital health has strong potential to enable universal healthcare access

Digital health can improve healthcare access in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in rural areas, but it internet connectivity remains a challenge

  • Charmaine Rambire
5 min read