Global Health Equity

A drone flying over a forest area
By  Adam Ang 04:36 am April 30, 2024
A project building a specialised medical drone at the University of Sydney has received A$3.6 million ($2.3 million) in funding.  Backed by a strategic partnership between the university and health sector-focused ASAC Consultancy, the Wildu Aero Project is developing a hydrogen-fuelled vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for carrying medical cargo.  What sets this...
A person sitting on a hospital bed with her back to the camera.
By  Emily Olsen 10:07 am August 26, 2022
Though breast cancer treatment can be highly effective, women across the globe face drastically different outcomes depending on where they live.  According to research compiled by the World Health Organization, survival for at least five years after diagnosis ranges from more than 90% in high-income countries to only 66% in India and 40% in South Africa. Geetha Manjunath, founder and CEO of...
Doctor doing telehealth while looking at x-ray scans
By  Nathan Eddy 10:06 am August 19, 2021
Telehealth technologies have the potential to improve access to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness (PEH), according to researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina. This group regularly encounters barriers to healthcare, which in turn increases vulnerability to illness, hospitalization and death. Survey results, published in Telemedicine and e-Health, indicate telehealth...
Advancing Equity Through Primary Care and Digital Health Tools session at HIMSS21.
By  Mallory Hackett 09:27 pm August 9, 2021
It’s been well established that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption and use of digital health tools. But now, stakeholders must figure out just how to take that increased utilization to address issues in healthcare, namely equity and accessibility. To help answer these questions, the Morehouse School of Medicine teamed up with United Health Foundation Partners to conduct the Digital...
Healthcare professional in a mask swabs patient arm with cotton before administering a vaccine
By  Mallory Hackett 11:38 am June 11, 2021
A group of organizations across the technology, healthcare, global development and academic sectors are convening on a new initiative that hopes to advance public understanding of how social media and behavioral sciences can be used to improve public health globally. Called the Alliance for Advancing Health Online, the project’s partners include Bay Area Global Health Alliance, the CDC Foundation...
By  Mallory Hackett 02:16 pm March 11, 2021
Today the employer-based family-benefits platform Cleo announced a slew of new product features aimed at helping working Black and BIPOC-identifying families navigate today’s healthcare system. Discrimination based on race is nothing new in healthcare, but the pandemic laid bare just how much race impacts a person’s health outcomes. In fact, Black and African American individuals are 1.1 times...