Medical tech designed to meet Africa's needs

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January 13, 2018 NEW ON TED.COM Medical tech designed to meet Africa's needs 05:43 minutes · TEDGlobal 2017 In sub-Saharan Africa, power outages, low technology penetration, slow internet and understaffed hospitals plague health care systems. To make progress on these problems in Malawi, TED Fellow Soyapi Mumba and his team created a new system from scratch -- from the software that powers their electronic health records to the infrastructure used to support it. In this quick, hopeful talk, Mumba shares how his jack-of-all-trades mindset can help reshape health care in low-resource environments. Watch now »   Playlist of the Day Take charge of your health care You may be the patient. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be an active participant in getting the best possible care. Watch » 10 talks · Total run time 2:18:19   Download the TED app

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