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  It’s an exciting time in global health care industry as innovation and technology trends continue to impact the goal of reducing costs and increasing quality of patient-care. The health care industry is changing, but what is different about the industry in Nigeria is that the pace of change is miles away and has to speed up. However, keeping up with those changes is almost impossible. Health care is at a major turning point as clinicians and hospitals look for ways to improve health outcomes while meeting cost limitations.   Technology has revolutionized many aspects of our lives as there seems to be an application (App) for almost everything these days. However, global health care system has remained largely on the sidelines of this transformation. Three technology trends- Electronic Health Records, Big Data Analytics and Patient Access as well as Patient-Centric Devices-underlies much of the change happening in global health care right now. Why Nigeria’s heal

Syrian refugee children look out from their tent in the makeshift settlement in Saadnayel in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley August 17, 2015. hamed Azaki World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations campaign to draw attention to the importance of humanitarian work, is unique, but not for a good reason. Since this decade began, more than four times as many people are forced to leave their homes every day due to conflict, disease and disaster. We see it all over our screens: migrants crowding on to ships to cross the Mediterranean; crumbling states in Libya, Yemen and Syria; climate-related floods and fires around the world. The list goes on. Stretched to breaking point It’s worth pausing to consider that the last time the world had this many displaced people was during the Second World War. So it’s hard to overstate the unprecedented scale and severity of crises happening around the world today, and it should come as no surprise that humanitarian agencies are stretched t

After America dominated the 20th century, a view formed that Asia would be the next to lead the world in economic and cultural influence. Africa may have something to say about that before the century is out. The continent will claim three of the world's 10 most populous countries in 2050, according to projections released Tuesday by the Population Reference Bureau in Washington. The largest of those, Nigeria, will be just 1 million people shy of the U.S.'s size, with Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia entering the list. They replace Russia and Mexico, with the former's exit leaving Europe with no country on the top 10 list. Key to the countries' growth? Babies. While the U.S. and other developed countries struggle to adapt their labor forces to an aging population, African countries are experiencing a baby boom. Niger, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Chad have the highest fertility rates in the world. "The