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Philips to help improve health care infrastructure in Zimbabwe
23 May 2013 at 22:17hrs | Views
Royal PHILIPS, the leading global healthcare and lighting company, has expressed its commitment to help improve health care infrastructure in the country.
Debriefing journalists in Harare yesterday about their annual roadshow, the company's general manager in Africa, Mr Peter van de Ven, said technology enhanced lives as it enabled early detection of complications.
This year's roadshow focuses on mother and child care, in support of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, which are aimed at reducing child mortality rates and improving maternal health.
"We are committed to support governments in Africa to reach those development goals through playing a leading role in providing the tools and infrastructure that act as solutions and make it possible to achieve these Millennium Development Goals," he said.
He said his company had engaged Government and other relevant stakeholders in a bid to find out how their equipment could be used to relieve hospitals of their workload.
"We have had encouraging discussions with stakeholders and we can try and support the local healthcare infrastructure," he said.
Mr van de Ven said as part of the roadshow, they had introduced the latest technological developments in healthcare, which include a acnew advanced imaging ultrasound system to health professionals in the country like the new Clearvue 650 ultrasound machine which is lightweight and cost effective.
He said the system supports clinicians in examining pregnant women and enhances their diagnostic and decision-making process.
It also scans a range of applications from obstetrics and gynaecology to cardiology and abdominal vascular, breast, musculoskeletal urology and general imaging.
Mr van de Ven said Philips had trained 70 professionals at Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Hospital on maternal and foetal monitoring using the latest technologies.
The professionals were also trained in infant warming, newborn positioning and jaundice detection.
"Training is necessary, it is not only about supplying equipment but also about providing the necessary knowledge to professionals in the sector," he said.
Yesterday, the company engaged different stakeholders for a meeting aimed at identifying technological gaps in the quest to provide better healthcare services particularly to pregnant women and newborn babies.
"We are looking at locally relevant products so that we can come up with specific products that will help enhance quality of life for people in Africa," he said.
Debriefing journalists in Harare yesterday about their annual roadshow, the company's general manager in Africa, Mr Peter van de Ven, said technology enhanced lives as it enabled early detection of complications.
This year's roadshow focuses on mother and child care, in support of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, which are aimed at reducing child mortality rates and improving maternal health.
"We are committed to support governments in Africa to reach those development goals through playing a leading role in providing the tools and infrastructure that act as solutions and make it possible to achieve these Millennium Development Goals," he said.
He said his company had engaged Government and other relevant stakeholders in a bid to find out how their equipment could be used to relieve hospitals of their workload.
"We have had encouraging discussions with stakeholders and we can try and support the local healthcare infrastructure," he said.
Mr van de Ven said as part of the roadshow, they had introduced the latest technological developments in healthcare, which include a acnew advanced imaging ultrasound system to health professionals in the country like the new Clearvue 650 ultrasound machine which is lightweight and cost effective.
He said the system supports clinicians in examining pregnant women and enhances their diagnostic and decision-making process.
It also scans a range of applications from obstetrics and gynaecology to cardiology and abdominal vascular, breast, musculoskeletal urology and general imaging.
Mr van de Ven said Philips had trained 70 professionals at Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Hospital on maternal and foetal monitoring using the latest technologies.
The professionals were also trained in infant warming, newborn positioning and jaundice detection.
"Training is necessary, it is not only about supplying equipment but also about providing the necessary knowledge to professionals in the sector," he said.
Yesterday, the company engaged different stakeholders for a meeting aimed at identifying technological gaps in the quest to provide better healthcare services particularly to pregnant women and newborn babies.
"We are looking at locally relevant products so that we can come up with specific products that will help enhance quality of life for people in Africa," he said.
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