Nigeria, emerging hub for pharma market expansion in Africa
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As growth opportunities continue to move away from traditional pharmaceutical markets and growth patterns in developed markets continue to flatten, many multinational companies (MNCs) like Norvatis, Pfizer, Sanofi, Johnson & Johnson, etc. look toward Africa, including Nigeria for their expanding global footprint.
This is evident following GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plan to invest over $200million in Africa over the next five years,
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KZN to get first private medical university
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KwaZulu-Natal is poised to get South Africa’s first private medical university.What’s more, racial quotas won’t apply.Plans for the facility, including an academic hospital, were revealed this week by the province’s newly elected premier, Senzo Mchunu, in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Tribune.
Msambweni Hospital Gets New Machine
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THE Kwale government has handed over an Anesthetic machine to the ministry of health to help in handling patients waiting for operation in Msambweni Referral Hospital.
Water executive Athman Chiguzo said that the new machine cost Sh1.9 million. Speaking to the Star on the phone on Sunday Chigudzo said the buying of the machine is among other plans set by the government to ensure residents get quality health services.
He said the machine was used in the hospital for three weeks before its official launch on Friday. "The machine is good and will complement another machine in the hospital. The hospital had one machine but we have two now although the new one is sophisticated than the other one," he said.
Chigudzo said the machine can work for nine hours without power, which will ensure services are not interrupted in case of black out.
Kenya: Nzoia Officer to Upgrade Hospitals
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TRANS Nzoia chief health officer Maurice Wakwabubi has said he will help to equip subdistrict hospitals in the county. He said if the hospitals are well-equipped Kitale District Hospital will be decongested.
"Some 49 per cent of patients admitted at the Kitale District Hospital suffer from malaria. If we strengthen our sub district hospitals, then the district hospital will be used for other serious diseases and operations," Wakwabubi said.
Speaking in Kitale yesterday, Wakwabubi said he will help turn the district hospital into a county referral hospital. The Trans Nzoia county government has allocated Sh40 million for the equipping, reconstruction and automation of various subdistrict hospitals in the county.