How Did We Celebrate The Holiday? Here's How!
Advancements in cardiovascular care in Nigeria, Practical ways to develop emotional intelligence, what we are reading, and more.
Compliments of the Season to all our wonderful friends, partners, sponsors, and our growing community.
How are you doing this Yuletide?
Most of us have already travelled to be with family and loved ones and are seriously enjoying ourselves, basking in the love and presence of family.
For us at Care City, we had a swell celebration!
We celebrated with some beautiful people on the streets of Lagos State, Nigeria, and it was amazing!
You can read about it here.
We've included some outreach pictures in this newsletter for you to enjoy.
Social and community outreaches are a big part of our brand vision.
We believe in giving back, and as a brand committed to improving healthcare, we're bound to do the little we can to reach out and help as many as possible in our community.
This newsletter is officially the last in 2024!
You'll be receiving the next in 2025!
Latest From Care City Online
Webinar: How Is Artificial Intelligence Expanding Access To Quality & Affordable Healthcare In Africa?
“Our maiden healthcare leadership and innovation webinar is coming up on January 18th, 2025. Our guest speaker, Dr Onyeka Onwughai, a healthcare leader and innovator in Africa, will draw from his vast experience leading and innovating in the Pharmaceutical ecosystem to explore the role of AI in expanding access to quality and affordable healthcare in Africa.”
Care City Media December "Hold My Hands" Medical & Welfare Outreach Press Report
"On Monday, 23rd December 2024, we organised our maiden medical and welfare outreach program, providing vital support to hundreds of needy residents. Social outreaches and community engagements are a very big part of our vision as a growing healthcare media brand in Africa. The outreach was themed "Hold My Hands," a timely reminder that support is possible during these exhilarating times. The medical and welfare outreach expresses our deep interest in community building and engagement. Residents benefited from an array of free medical services, welfare support, and educational initiatives tailored to meet the community's unique needs."
Our outreach in pictures.
Advancements In Cardiovascular Care: IRDOC Collaborates With Medtronic To Perform The 10th EVAR/TEVAR In Nigeria
"In a significant milestone for cardiovascular healthcare in Nigeria, the Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Oncology Center (IRDOC), collaborating with Medtronic Cardiac and Vascular, has successfully performed its 10th Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair (TVAR) procedure."
Practical Ways To Develop Emotional Intelligence: Motivation, Empathy And Social Skills
"Emotionally intelligent individuals often emerge as the most effective and compassionate leaders. You might wonder why. The truth is they deeply understand the power of emotions and how they shape our experiences. By harnessing this emotional energy of people (and their own), they not only inspire others but also create a supportive environment where everyone can thrive. It's this ability to connect and empathise that truly sets them apart as leaders."
NDDCCN's Just Concluded 3-day Bootcamp Has A Lot To Teach The Healthcare Community In Africa About Innovation, Leadership & Community Building
"The aim of NDDCCN is simple: improve best practices and reward diligence in nursing. Over the years, they have made significant strides in this direction through their annual drug dosage calculations, which are not just competitions but avenues for promoting patient safety, nurturing the innovative mindsets of young nurses and fostering strong professional relationships amongst young nurses in Nigeria."
Senegalese Digital Health Startup Eyeone Secures $1M In Funding
"Eyone, established in 2015 by Henri Ousmane Gueye, provides innovative digital health solutions to enable an interconnected healthcare ecosystem. The platform facilitates connections between patients and essential stakeholders, such as hospitals, insurers, international organisations, and other entities. Eyeone's digital health solutions are designed to address Africa's peculiar healthcare challenges, which can only be tackled by local innovators and entrepreneurs who have a deep understanding of how things work."
Nigeria Launches Initiative For Free Emergency Caesarean Sections For Qualified Low-Income Women
"Nigeria has recently launched a public health initiative that provides free emergency Caesarean sections for women identified as "poor and vulnerable." This program is designed to offer emergency caesarean sections to women who may lack the financial resources to afford a C-section."
Early Detection Is The Future Of Preventive Healthcare
"The change of direction from reactive to preventive healthcare represents one of medicine's most significant transformations. According to the World Health Organization's comprehensive report on early diagnosis (WHO), preventive care could reduce global mortality rates by up to 40% for several major diseases."
What To Read
Rwanda's Health Financing Model Offers a Test Ground for Africa
“Community Health Worker (CHW) programmes in Africa are often hamstrung by two main problems: dependency on external funding and financial sustainability. By integrating CHWs into its primary healthcare system, Rwanda has institutionalised their role as formal health workers, addressing workforce shortages while addressing remuneration through innovative solutions.”
Africa CDC Applauds Egypt's Milestone Achievement in Medicines and Vaccine Regulation
“The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) congratulates the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) on its historic milestone of earning the WHO's Maturity Level 3 (ML3) designation for medicines regulation, marking Egypt as the first African nation to achieve this status for both medicines and vaccine regulation.”
A Surgical Team At Royal Papworth Hospital Has Carried Out The UK's First Lung Transplant Using A New Machine Which 'Reconditions' Donor Organs
"The team, led by Mr Marius Berman, Mr Giuseppe Aresu, and Mr Pradeep Kaul, used a technique called ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP). This technique takes donated lungs that are initially considered marginally acceptable or marginally unacceptable for transplant, reconditions them outside the body in a special machine—the XPS system from XVIVO—and can make them suitable for donation."
Read more about ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) here.
Dancing Helps People With Parkinson's In More Ways Than One
"Depression eased in Parkinson's patients who took months of dance classes, a new study published recently in the Journal of Medical Internet Research shows. Not only did their depression symptoms ease, but brain scans showed displayed changes in brain areas related to mood."
FDA Approves Alyftrek (Vanzacaftor/Tezacaftor/Deutivacaftor) For The Treatment Of Cystic Fibrosis
"Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ALYFTREK (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor), a once-daily next-in-class triple combination cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in people 6 years and older who have at least one F508del mutation or another mutation in the CFTR gene that is responsive to ALYFTREK."
The First New Schizophrenia Drug In Decades
"Cobenfy is a new medication approved by the FDA for treating schizophrenia. It was developed by Karuna Pharmaceuticals and later acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb. This drug is significant because it is the first in 70 years to work in a different way. Instead of blocking dopamine, it targets other receptors in the brain. Clinical trial results were very promising, but some experts caution that these studies were short. More research is needed to confirm Cobenfy's safety and effectiveness for treating a lifelong condition."
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