Malaria, cancer and childhood diseases: Diagnostic accuracy to spread to rural areas

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Malaria, cancer and childhood diseases: Diagnostic accuracy to spread to rural areas

11:08 CAT | 09 Nov 2017

Notícias

Mozambique will be able to soon expand diagnosis and detection of breast and cervical cancer, diabetes, malaria and various childhood diseases to rural areas, thanks to equipment secured by the Office of the Wife of the President of the Republic, Isaura Nyusi, in partnership with the US company, KPI Healthcare Solutions.

The two ultrasound diagnostic devices and 500 high-precision portable units will be used to detect diseases in time to treat them, ideally preventing death from treatable causes.

Disease diagnosis is a major challenge for health authorities In Mozambique, and the situation in rural areas is particularly serious. The portable nature of the equipment secured by the First Lady’s Office in particular will help address this problem.

Following the offer, announced on Monday, the equipment was formally delivered to First Lady Isaura Nyusi, who is visiting the United States, on Tuesday, at the headquarters of the supplier company, where she met the donors.

One of Isaura Nyusi’s concerns was to prolong the advantageous use of this equipment by ensuring that the necessary technical assistance will be available, and in reply she obtained assurances that Mozambican personnel would be trained in the use of the equipment.

Strengthening partnerships and seeking solutions to diseases that mainly affect women and children in Mozambique is the main objective of Isaura Nyusi’s visit to the United States, where she has been since last Sunday. Now, with the new equipment available, the First Lady believes that Mozambique will speed up the reduction in infant mortality and cancer deaths.

According to information obtained by Notícias, the machines in question are equipped with state-of-the-art technology allowing the functioning of the internal organs to be observed in real time. There are also X-ray machines that use modern and easy-to-operate systems.

During the meeting, the First Lady was told that the company, which represents several brands of health equipment, could also help in the design and construction of appropriate infrastructures for this type of machinery, as well as the adaptation of the existing ones to allow the installation of new equipment.

The company can also introduce new technology which will revolutionise the operation of the devices currently used in hospitals in Mozambique, fitting them to new diagnostic requirements.

Rashaid Ahmed, a partner at KPI Healthcare Solutions, said at the company’s presentation that one of the advantages of using this technology was the creation of a technology network to share patient information between different health units and source appropriate solutions in good time.

By Isaías Muthimba, in California

Source: Notícias