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Senegal strives to get medical care to all

If the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has exposed anything, it is the poor health facilities often stagnated due to poor governance in the region. However, in Senegal the government is going the extra mile to improve its innoculation programme for children to reduce the...

Nigeria receives US$200m from World Bank to end polio

The World Bank Group through its Board of Executive Directors has approved US$200 million of additional funding of the International Development Association (IDA). The fund will be used for a final push to eradicate polio and also help continue routine immunization for children under five years...

Health IT interoperability remains

Interoperability of electronic health records remains a bridge too far for many providers, despite more than a decade of federal emphasis on information exchange and $29.1 billion spent on federal EHR incentive payments that were ostensibly tied to meaningful-use requirements mandating interoperable computer systems.Only 11% of...