August 17, 2016
Africa: GE Celebrates 10 Years of Olympic Games Sponsorship and Surpasses $1.5 Billion in Infrastructure Sales to Host Cities since 2006
Over 1,000 infrastructure projects completed since 2006 with over 180 projects for Rio 2016 GE technology included in all Rio 2016 Olympic Games competition venues GE… Read more »
August 08, 2016
Africa: Inside Rio 2016's Amazing Polyclinic
The Olympic Games is a festival of physicality, with the superhuman feats of thousands of athletes, a source of awe for billions of mortals spectating from couches around the… Read more »
August 02, 2016
Egypt: Kasr El Ainy Hospital Inaugurates a New Brain Stroke Unit in Egypt and GE Healthcare Provides its Latest Technologies and Equipment Training at the Unit
The newly launched brain stroke unit at Kasr El Ainy Hospital is one of the largest free-public units to serve a wide range of stroke patients across the Middle East GE Healthcare… Read more »
July 28, 2016
Nigeria: In Nigeria, Every Little Effort Goes a Long Way
In the time it will take you to read this post, it is estimated that two children would have died in Nigeria. In many of these cases, poor access to adequate healthcare is the main… Read more »
July 26, 2016
Africa: The First Mile of Care
Elizabeth Bailey, Director, Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) and Vikram Damodaran, Chief Product Officer, GE Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, make the case… Read more »
Africa: The First Mile Discovery Challenge - Calls for Submissions Open July 25th and are Due September 1st, 2016
Calling all clinicians and innovators! CAMTech and GE Sustainable Healthcare Solutions are crowdsourcing critical primary healthcare challenges through a… Read more »
July 19, 2016
Kenya: Our Generation will See Healthcare in Africa on Par with the Rest of the World
Packed securely inside the boxes in the picture above was a new mammography system, being ferried upstream from the Port of Lamu in Kenya, where I traveled last month, to a small… Read more »
Africa: Healthymagination Mother and Child Programme Welcomes its First Group of Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Maternal & Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
The programme has selected 17 African social entrepreneurs who will benefit from training and mentorship aimed at improving maternal and/or child health outcomes Read more »
June 13, 2016
Africa: The Organisation of African First Ladies, GE & Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Join Forces to Advance Health Care Goals in Africa
Healthymagination Mother & Child program partners convene to discuss how social entrepreneurship can reduce healthcare disparities in Sub-Saharan Africa Read more »
July 09, 2016
Tanzania: The World's Helium Just Ballooned: 10 Stats You May Not Have Known About this Chemical Element
Last week researchers discovered large quantities of helium in the Tanzanian East African Rift Valley. Helium is found in much more than just balloons and the periodic table of… Read more »
June 22, 2016
Zimbabwe: Handy Work: How a Midwife from Zimbabwe is Improving Global Healthcare
When Clara Methie isn't at the bedside delivering babies, she's lobbying administrators to provide basic resources. Where she works in Zimbabwe, sterile gloves which are abundant… Read more »
June 17, 2016
Africa: Africa will be Short Six Million Healthcare Workers by 2030, But it Can Still Achieve its Commitment of Universal Health Care if it Takes Action Now
A Global Health Expert's Solution to Better Health for the Fastest Growing Population in the World Read more »
Kenya: GE Opens New Healthcare Training and Skills Institute Committed to Training 10,000 Health Professionals by 2020
As part of GE's commitment to supporting sustainable healthcare development in Kenya, the $13 million investment provides localized human capital development capabilities The… Read more »
May 11, 2016
South Africa: For The Love Of Children: A Very Special Hospital Is Keeping Madiba's Legacy Alive
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratic president, was known for his deep and abiding love for children. In 2005, deeply distressed by the… Read more »
April 07, 2016
Nigeria: GE Named a Strategic Investor by Nigeria's President Buhari
Economic development is a priority for most countries, but achieving it frequently requires sustained engagement from both private and public sectors. Recently, GE was named a… Read more »
March 29, 2016
Africa: GE and Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Partner to Accelerate Mother and Child Health Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
GE’s healthymagination commitment and Miller Center’s GSBI® will provide expertise, resources and growth opportunities for social entrepreneurs working on maternal… Read more »
June 19, 2015
Africa: Ultrasound For Front-Line Healthcare Workers Is A Big Step Forward For Maternal Health
Improving maternal and newborn health remains a pressing priority for many countries. But bringing both mother and baby safely through childbirth can be difficult in settings where… Read more »
March 07, 2016
Nigeria: GE Partners with USAID and Ministry of Health to Launch Antenatal Care Program for 2 Million Expectant Nigerian Mothers
Initiative will deliver 100,000 hours of training and support task-shifting for at least 1,300 midwives and antenatal primary health caregivers across at least 6 states covering… Read more »
November 26, 2015
Africa: Affordable New Test to Reveal Hidden Reservoirs of Malaria - GE
In 1980, the world collectively shed not a single tear upon hearing that the scourge of smallpox would likely never take another life. A gargantuan global effort had eradicated the… Read more »
September 24, 2015
Africa: GE Healthcare Announces $300 Million Commitment to Support Emerging Market Health
Creation of new Sustainable Healthcare Solutions (SHS) business to focus on the expansion of GE Healthcare's affordable healthcare portfolio including the development of high… Read more »
February 13, 2015
Nigeria: Shell Partners with GE to Sign on Healthcare Projects in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State
To build, equip hospitals and train healthcare officials The project is to mark Nigeria's centenary Read more »
May 07, 2014
Nigeria: GE Foundation, Duke University World Healthcare Tech Lab, and Engineering World Health Establish Biomedical Equipment Training Program in Nigeria to Build Skills and Improve Capacity
The GE Foundation, in collaboration with the Developing World Healthcare Technology Laboratory at Duke University and Engineering World Health, is developing a new Biomedical… Read more »
May 09, 2014
Nigeria: Innovative $20 Million Partnership at the World Economic Forum to Reduce Preventable Child-Maternal Deaths in Nigeria
Partnership sees formation of the new Healthymagination Mother & Child Initiative aimed at tackling maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria – one of Africa's biggest… Read more »
May 07, 2014
Africa: GE Launches Kujenga Citizenship Programme at WEF Africa
GE launches citizenship program, GE Kujenga at WEF Africa The three main pillars of the program are Empower, Equip and Elevate Through Kujenga, GE is committed to building Africa's… Read more »
Nigeria: Biomedical Training Program in Nigeria to Build Skills and Improve Capacity
$1.5M Biomedical Equipment Technician training (BMET) program grant to address persistent need for repairing medical equipment and building sustainable pipeline of qualified… Read more »