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‘54GENE’ – the most innovative startup of Africa

InnoHEALTH magazine digital team — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:52:27 +0000

Recently launched Nigeria-based startup, 54gene is considered to be the most exciting and innovative start-ups to come out of Africa. The basic aim of 54gene is to address the significant gap in the global Genomics market where the pharmaceutical researches use almost 90% of the genetic material from Caucasian region and less than 3% from Africa. This statistic is prevalent despite research saying that Africans and people of African ancestry are genetically more diverse than all other world populations combined and also less than 1% of global drug recovery happens in Africa. 54gene seeks to solve this problem by including the underrepresented Africans in Global Genomics research.

Presently the company has operations in Nigeria, Africa and United States of America. When African population is not included proportionately in research, then we see potentially sub-optimal treatment outcomes as a result of which one cannot expect good health outcomes for them. It has been proven that when Africa is properly included and made to participate in research it produces better treatment and diagnostic outcomes in the long run.

54gene is a health technology company which is deriving insights from the world’s most diverse populations i.e African to solve some of the biggest challenges in the healthcare sector. It is more than just a Biobank wherein it wants to collaborate with pharmaceutical companies to advance basic research and not just sell anything and everything in the market. Since there are no pharmaceutical companies located on the continent, 54gene intends to facilitate these companies working in various locations of Africa. 54gene also runs clinical programs that help to test drugs and treatments that ensure that they have optimal medicines for their population.

The spread of COVID-19 pandemic is proving that research needs to be carried out inclusively leaving no population unrepresented proportionately as we have witnessed that covid has shown disparities on how it affected different populations. By getting diverse participants into research a broader picture of treatment and diagnostics can be developed to help get better health outcomes.

In 2021, 54gene has also launched its first whole genome sequencing laboratory with the help of American Biotech company, Illumina. The facility will now enable them to sequence and generate the data which informs whether or not any variance is noticed and then such observations can lead to well-regarded publications. 54gene seems to be a very promising endeavour which will represent what true Africa is to the world in the healthcare domain with the aim of improving lives of many Africans witnessing better health outcomes.

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The International Medical Travel Show Dubai 2020

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 10:34:47 +0000

On February 2, 2020 at Dubai World Trade Center, UAE an extraordinary high-end event dedicated to medical tourism will be held, – the International Medical Travel Show Dubai 2020.

The growth rate of the global medical tourism sector is currently considered to be one of the highest compared to other tourism segments. Morethan 50 countries claim the development of medical tourism at the level of state policy. Each of the countries can offer the most developed medical field and something unique in the healthcare system. The entire global marketing toolkit is fully involved in this sector. Medical tourism has created a new concept of modern healthcare.

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IMTS. Dubai 2020 is an advanced Medical and Healthcare Travelnetworking platform, a unique hub aimed to develop relationships with government authorities and hospital executives, investors, healthcare authorities, buyers, insurance & travel companies, medical tourism facilitators,- professionals from all over the world. IMTS. Dubai 2020 is about to help to unleash the potential of the industry, both for service providers and service consumers of the health tourism market.

The organizers conducted a special market research, assessing the conditions of medical tourism as a business in more than 50 countries, analyzed all the information about stakeholders and provided the most valuable contacts on IMTS. Dubai 2020 platform.

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The main value: any of visitors is guaranteed to receive personalattention from the necessary targeted contact and the opportunity topresent themselves and their capabilities.

In the framework of the IMTS.Dubai:
Exhibition Networking and Demonstration Zone – comfortably designed area for efficient communication in between the sector stakeholders.
International Medical Travel Congress – educational part of the IMTS.Dubai that serves to the participants as a knowledge transfer platform.

International B2B VIP Hosted Buyers Program – efficient business tool that exclusively tailored for all participants to guarantee effectiveness. Our aim is to connect you with potential business partners from markets which you are targeting. Meet our Buyers from MENA, GCC, Africa, Europe, and Asia!

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The expanded business program of the exhibition deserves special attention. Events to be held in completely new formats – interactive venues, discussion zones and B2B meetings, speakers and topics raised by them will make the content of events even more powerful and interesting.

As an exclusive part of the event, participants also have an opportunity to attend The medical tourism training short course – a professional skills improvement program for medical travel sector specialists to improve best practices for medical tourism business based on the30+ years of experience of the trainer who will design a course in accordance with the attendee’s profile and understanding of the region particularities. Maria K. Todd the Trainer and CEO of AskMariaTodd TM are often called the world’s single most knowledgeable adviser on health travel and medical tourism business strategy and management.

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Those present will celebrate the successful completion of the evening in an elegant atmosphere. Known best way to continue business networking to join the community in a less formal atmosphere with amazing Arabic cuisine, live music, and our MCs, who will make a celebration after a long and productive day unforgettable.

Join us and get the opportunity to personally communicate with industry leaders.
All interested can familiarize themselves with the detailed action plan andregister in advance on the official website imtshow.com or via email info.imts@kenzevents.ae

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‘ELECTRA’ best-in-class motorised bed for Indian hospitals at affordable prices

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 06:13:46 +0000

Midmark (India), a leader in the area of patient positioning equipment, has announced the launch of their new motorised bed ‘Electra’, designed and positioned to capture a new market in India’s tertiary care sector at an affordable price. The new bed aims to revolutionize the traditional hospital bed and transform it into an accelerator in a patient’s recovery process. The new bed has been designed and built to enhance patient comfort and caregiver efficiency and also is priced between the range of INR 1,30,000 to INR 1,50,000 and engineered incorporating the most modern technological configurations. Manufactured and designed entirely in India, the bed matches world class standards from a quality, efficiency and safety point of view. The company is looking to increase sales of motorised beds by 20% overall. Electra looks forward to meet the growing demand of quality motorised beds in India and enter competitive global markets like Africa, Latin America and East Europe over the next 2 years.

Advance positions like the Cardiac Chair are achieved swiftly with help of its embedded panels, elevating patient from a down right position to a sedentary position without any complexity. Bravo can also be configured with X-ray Permeable Backrest and X-ray Permeable Cassette holder so that the patient doesn’t have to be repositioned, which makes it more convenient for the staff to handle with precision.

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First humanitarian medicine delivery drone

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 05:56:34 +0000

First humanitarian drone put into use for medicine delivery at Malawi, Africa

If you are trapped in an inaccessible area during a natural crisis and need medicines, Midair Rescue Helicopters will instantly supply required medicine packets through a drone. The first humanitarian drone has been developed at IIT Kanpur in association with EndureAir.

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The Government of Malawi and UNICEF has launched an air corridor for potential humanitarian use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as ‘drones’. This is the first of its kind in Africa and unique in the world for the application of drone with a focus on humanitarian and developmental purpose.

The joint application of IIT Kanpur with EndureAir (sponsor and partner of IITK team for this activity) is approved by the Malawi Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for first humanitarian drone testing activity.

The solution based on Autonomous Helicopter has been developed by the students of Aerospace Engineering Department: Mr. Nidhish Raj (PhD), Mr. Sagar- Setu (PhD), Mr. Ankur Duhoon (Research Engineer, IITK alumni) and Mr. JoydeepBhowmik (PhD) under the guidance of Prof. Abhishek and Prof. Mangal Kothari, Department of Aerospace Engineering.

The current Rotary Wing Unmanned Air Vehicle (RUAV) developed at IIT Kanpur is capable of lifting 3 kg of useful payload and fly for over 2 hours. The best range speed of the RUAV is 75 km/hr and the top speed can easily reach 120 km/hr. The UAV uses regular petrol as its fuel, which enables it to achieve better performance than battery powered drones.

The autopilot which is “brains” of the RUAV for fully autonomous operations has been fully developed by the students. The IIT Kanpur team would visit Malawi for trials and demonstration in February.

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Medical tourism needs systematic structure

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:21:05 +0000

The Medical Tourism Industry, poised to be a whooping USD 8-9 Billion Industry in India by the year 2020, is highly unorganized & unstructured. According to various reports of Industrial bodies, Indian Medical Travel Industry or Healthcare services is growing at a compounded rate of 20-25 per cent.

The Medical and Wellness Industry in India, being a highly unorganized and unstructured industry, is currently driven by limited market players and requires a systematic structural presentation, according to an in-depth study titled “Medical Tourism Opportunities and Challenges”.

The study, conducted in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), found if structural development of the sector is ensured, it will facilitate creation of a level playing field for the medical & ancillary service providers which in turn will put the country as one of the most premier Medical Travel destination in the world.

Jitin Kapoor, Joint Secretary at International India Medical Tourism Congress (IIMTC), who spearheaded the study along with a team of researchers, told “Inno Health” in an exclusive interview that the Medical Tourism Industry is undoubtedly one of the most promising sector for the country’s economy, and shall be one of the major source of revenue generation, as well as job creation in near future.

The study finds positioning India in the world market as a bigger and valued prospect for medical travelers from around the world. Mr Kapoor, also a chartered accountant, recommended that there is a dire need to improve the local travel and accommodation facilities for the medical tourists. The available ancillary services need to be adequately marketed and showcased for the medical travelers as a lot of difficulty is faced by them due to lack of awareness.

According to him, the payment security for service providers as well as medical travelers needs to be developed through a dedicated digital payment platform.

A common organizing platform, integrating all the medical service providers, along with the related service providers is highly desirable. They are required to be brought on single digital platform which will assist in providing transparent and conducive environment leading to a positive feedback and in turn help the industry to flourish.

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Medical Tourism, also known as Health & Wellness tourism, in recent years, has been coined as a term to represent the movement of people from one place to another for their medical treatment care, and wellness needs. People from across the world travel to other countries for their surgical, medical, dental requirements, etc.

And at the same time make some time for family vacations, tours & travels to experience the local attractions of the destinations. Such movement has in itself evolved as one of the most rapidly growing industry integrating travel & tourism sector with healthcare and wellness sector; both being the most revenue generating sectors for an economy.

India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Greece, Peru, to name a few are some of the major Medical Travel destinations. This phenomenon has been actively prevalent in the healthcare sector across the globe for last one and half decade and is growing tremendously.

With high cost of treatment in the West, to the long waiting time for treatment in the EU Countries, the people from developed and industrialized nations are looking for destinations that have a ready availability for treatments with the facilities that are at par with their own country. The countries like Africa, Oman, Afghanistan, etc. are also looking for better healthcare infrastructure as compared to their own.

India can serve as an enormous potential destination for all the international medical travelers owing to its healthcare facilities that match the best in the world, along with a vast number of West trained medical practitioners. Another major factor is the cost effectiveness the Indian Healthcare sector provides viz-a-viz the International healthcare costs. People travelling for medical processes can get the treatment readily available and that too with a 5-Star Hospitality (in a fraction of the cost they incur in their own countries). Travelers also have an option to explore the country with amazing picturesque destinations, backed with rich heritage culture.

This exceptional combination has already made the Medical Tourism Industry worth 2.5 Billion USD in India, growing at a compounded rate of 20-25 per cent, as per various reports of Industrial Bodies.

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TETE-TETE WITH A JOVIAL GP

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:08:00 +0000

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Teaching and sharing information with his patients gives Dr David Kirkpatrick immense satisfaction

Time seemed to be flying, when I was in conversation with a very jovial person Dr David Kirkpatrick, a General Practitioner at Al Zahra (Pvt.) Medical Centre. His take on life is truly an admirable one and he makes you feel that life is all about exploring opportunities in the right way and with the right attitude it can be never too late to build on a dream and acquire it.

He came to UK when he was five years old, and completed his entire schooling there. For three months thereafter, he was clueless about the direction he would be taking in life. Medicine was not at all in the radar for him, not until he had worked in a hospital environment. Today, he has been a practising GP for about 30 years.

His mother one day remarked,“ You have gone through a very expensive education and you cannot stay like this Ð doing nothing”. He gave an interview for a job with the London Police and the Navy and finally found a job at Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford in U.K. where he worked for about a year as a potter in an X-ray dept.

Dr Kirkpatrick said, “When I went home returning from my job Ð one night, my mother said ‘Have you had any more thought about what you want to do?’ I replied, “You know mother, I wish I had done medicine, I really love that hospital environment.” Immediately his mother said that his grandfather had left some money in a trust and the trustees would be happy to know that he wanted to get back to school to study science.

Without wasting any more time, Dr Kirkpatrick decided to go to St. Edwards School in Oxford for 12 months to do ‘A’ levels in physics, chemistry and biology. He had done English, history and French. He joined the Middlesex Medical School and Hospital in London for further training and then went on with his further education in the field of medicine. By then he was already focused on becoming a General Practitioner.

He got married in 1976 and then they travelled to New Zealand, where his wife was offered a job. He says, “We had planned to stay in New Zealand for a year or two but we stayed there for 26 years. I had my own practice for 23 years in New Zealand but wanted a change from the same atmosphere. We had good friends, a nice lifestyle and house but when our boys left university and were independent, my wife wanted to travel again.”

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“In May 2002, we stopped in UAE on our way back to England that time I gave a couple of interviews in a few hospitals in the UAE. On 2nd November 2002, we arrived in the UAE to settle here and I started my job with Al Zahra Hospital on 9th November 2002.”

He says, “It has been a good experience at Al Zahra, as I get to see an extraordinary range of cultures and nationalities walking into my room for consultation here in Dubai, which I did not see in New Zealand. I am happy to be working with nice people and in good surroundings.”

“Another good thing about being in Dubai is travel,” he says. “Travelling back home and visiting other places in the world from UAE is very convenient compared to New Zealand.” He has been to Africa, Morocco, Petra, Thailand etc…, but finds the Fiji Island the best travel destination. He wants to see the TajMahal and visit Bhutan and many other places across the globe.

He is also a passionate photographer, who likes to capture candid pictures of people and beautiful places on film. He has gathered thousands of photos in his computer. He states, “I disappear in my study area for hours to play around with my collection in Photoshop.” However, he admits it to be a very time consuming hobby.

He finds great delight in practicing his cooking skills on a regular basis. “I feel cooking is a great way to relax. When you get back home after a busy day at work, just put on an apron and get into the kitchen to try out some delicious recipes. It is a nice way to stay away from stress. I love playing golf, squash and tennis but don’t get much of a chance to play,” he discloses speaking about his pastime activities.

“I like to do some form of exercise every day. We have a gym and pool in our building; I manage to go for a workout 2-3 times a week. I feel exercising and walking helps me think better. I often find myself composing e-mails and narrating new ideas well while I am exercising.”

Talking about his philosophy as a doctor he reveals, “I feel that doctors should be teachers. When patients walk out of their room, they should have an idea of what is wrong with them. You have to set aside more time for each patient to explain to them what is going on with them. You have to simplify, a complicated matter to explain it to your patients.”

“I follow a simple rule, I limit myself to giving three bits of information to each patient and I repeat the information twice for my patient to understand it thoroughly and this works. The formula is simple distil down a complex matter into something that you can describe in a few minutes and hope your patient will absorb it and remember.”

“Another important thing to remember to be a good GP, is that it is important that you have to know what you do not know and you should be prepared to admit the same. In addition, you should have some idea of what is wrong with your patient and whom to refer to for further consultation.”

He concluded with his thoughts about being positive, “I feel good about what I do if a patient leaves my room happy and satisfied with my service. I am a positive person and I am positive about people and I think most people are good people.”

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INDIA EXPLORES NEW DESTINATIONS FOR MEDICAL TOURISM

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 07:28:09 +0000

Medical tourism is a growing sector in India. In October 2015, India’s medical tourism sector was estimated to be worth US$3 billion. It is projected to grow to $7–8 billion by 2020. According to the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), the primary reason that attracts medical value travel to India is cost-effectiveness, and treatment from accredited facilities at par with developed countries at much lower cost. The Medical Tourism Market Report: 2015 found that India was “one of the lowest cost and highest quality of all medical tourism destinations, it offers wide variety of procedures at about one-tenth the cost of similar procedures in the United States.”

Foreign patients travelling to India to seek medical treatment in 2012, 2013 and 2014 numbered 171,021, 236,898, and 184,298 respectively. Traditionally, the United States and the United Kingdom have been the largest source countries for medical tourism to India. However, according to a CII-Grant Thornton report released in October 2015, Bangladeshis and Afghans accounted for 34% of foreign patients, the maximum share, primarily due to their close proximity with India and poor healthcare infrastructure. Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) accounted for 30 percent share of foreign medical tourist arrivals. Other major sources of patients include Africa and the Middle East, particularly the Persian Gulf countries. In 2015, India became the top destination for Russians seeking medical treatment. Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and the National Capital Region received the highest number of foreign patients primarily from South Eastern countries.

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Attractions

Advantages of medical treatment in India include reduced costs, the availability of latest medical technologies, and a growing compliance on international quality standards, Doctors trained in western countries including US and UK, as well as English-speaking personnel, due to which foreigners are less likely to face language barrier in India. According to the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), the primary reason that attracts medical value travel to India is cost-effectiveness, and treatment from accredited facilities at par with developed countries at much lower cost. The Medical Tourism Market Report: 2015 found that India was “one of the lowest cost and highest quality of all medical tourism destinations, it offers wide variety of procedures at about one-tenth the cost of similar procedures in the United States.”

Cost

Most estimates found that treatment costs in India start at around one-tenth of the price of comparable treatment in the United States or the United Kingdom. The most popular treatments sought in India by medical tourists are alternative medicine, bone-marrow transplant, cardiac bypass, eye surgery and hip replacement. India is known in particular for heart surgery, hip resurfacing and other areas of advanced medicine.

Quality of care

India has 28 Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospitals. However, for a patient traveling to India, it is important to find the optimal Doctor-Hospital combination. After the patient has been treated, the patient has the option of either recuperating in the hospital or at a paid accommodation nearby. Many hospitals also give the option of continuing the treatment through tele-medicine.

The city of Chennai has been termed “India’s health capital”. Multi and super-specialty hospitals across the city bring in an estimated 150 international patients every day. Chennai attracts about 45 percent of health tourists from abroad arriving in the country and 30 to 40 per cent of domestic health tourists.

Factors behind the tourist inflow in the city include low costs, little to no waiting period, and facilities offered at the specialty hospitals in the city. Chennai has an estimated 12,500 hospital beds, of which only half is used by the city’s population with the rest being shared by patients from other states of the country and foreigners. Dental clinics have attracted dental care tourism to Chennai.

Ease of travel

The government has removed visa restrictions on tourist visas that required a two-month gap between consecutive visits for people from Gulf countries which is likely to boost medical tourism. A visa-onarrival scheme for tourists from select countries has been instituted which allows foreign nationals to stay in India for 30 days for medical reasons. In 2016, citizens of Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Maldives, Republic of Korea and Nigeria availed the most medical visas.

Language

Despite India’s diversity of languages, English is an official language and is widely spoken by most people and almost universally by medical professionals. In Noida, which is fast emerging as a hotspot for medical tourism, a number of hospitals have hired language translators to make patients from Balkan and African countries feel more comfortable while at the same time helping in the facilitation of their treatment.

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TOOTH REGENERATION

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:02:37 +0000

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Tooth Regeneration

Dr. Avantika Batish is working as Director Strategy and Healthcare at International Health Emergency Learning and Preparedness. Also, guest faculty for MBA (HR) and MBA Healthcare Management at various B-Schools and is a soft skills trainer.

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A colorful fish found in Africa may hold the secret to growing lost teeth. In a collaborative study between the Georgia Institute of Technology and King’s College London, researchers looked at the cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi in Africa, who lose teeth just to have a new one slide into place.

Their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, identifies the genes responsible for growing new teeth and may lead to the secret to “tooth regeneration” in humans. Another study from a Harvard team successfully used low-powered lasers to activate stem cells and stimulate the growth of teeth in rats and human dental tissue in a lab.

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The results were published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Stem cells are no ordinary cells. They have the extraordinary ability to multiply and transform into many different types of cells in the body. They repair tissues by dividing continually either as a new stem cell or as a cell with a more specialized job such as a red blood cell, a skin cell, or a muscle cell. Dentures and dental implants may soon become a thing of the past. Stem cell research is making it possible to regrow your missing teeth!

This is a much-needed medical advancement, especially considering that by the age of 74—26% of adults have lost all of their permanent teeth.

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