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Africa: Africa Needs to Start Creating Its Own Medical Technology. Here's How
The Conversation Africa, 6 November 2017
Biomedical engineering can save lives. It draws on and integrates knowledge from disciplines like engineering, computer science, biomedical sciences, and public health as well as… Read more »
Why Africa Should Start Creating Its Own Medical Technology
"African countries need to start producing and developing their own medical devices. A cadre of suitably skilled biomedical engineers is needed for this sort of innovation to take root," writes Tania Douglas for The Conversation.
The Cardiopad invented by Cameroonian Arthur Zang is believed to be Africa’s first handheld medical computer tablet (file photo).
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