New South African App Lets You Consult Doctors from Your Smartphone
Kena Health, a new South Africa-based health app has been launched where anyone can chat to a nurse, doctor, or mental health professional directly from their smartphone. Kena Health is an app that connects users to a team of qualified healthcare practitioners for advice, diagnoses, prescriptions, sick notes, and even referrals to a specialist pathologist…
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SA’s BrandMed Partners with AWS for Health
BrandMed Group, a leading South African connected healthcare company founded in 2014, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), in an effort the company says is focused on providing “affordable and accessible health and wellbeing solutions across the continent.” According to the announcement, the newly signed strategic partnership with AWS provides…
TymeBank Launches Medical Insurance App for South Africans
TymeBank, the South Africa-based exclusively digital retail bank, has announced a new partnership with National HealthCare for affordable medical insurance to consumers, through the launch of TymeHealth, an app-based offering that provides medical insurance for R139.00 ($9.19) a month. According to Council for Medical Scheme statistics, 8,9 million South Africans are covered by a medical…
New Vaccine Mandates Expected in SA Very Soon
South African Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has said that a team of senior government officials are ready to make recommendations to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Addressing a virtual media briefing on government efforts in the fight against COVID-19, Phaahla on Friday said the issue of vaccination mandates remains…
Mental Health Investigation Launched Against TikTok
US Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Wednesday that TikTok is under investigation by the US government for allegedly promoting the app to youth while knowing that the use of the app could be harmful to the same youth. According to Techweez, the app is under investigation by several other US Attorneys who are trying…