https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat Developing Healthcare Facilities in Africa en-us 2018-12-05 20:28:09 UTC 2025-07-30 12:08:00 UTC hello@padlet.com alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311592407 Health is one important aspect of a person’s life. Investment made in health care sector can lead to measurable impacts in fields of economy and technology. In Africa, disease like malaria, tuberculosis and HIV-related illness cause approximately 1.6 million deaths per year. Death by such disease can be easily prevented by providing medicines at right time and at an affordable price. ]]> 2018-12-05 20:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311592407 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311593365 An individual can get Coca-Cola anytime, anywhere in almost all of the developing countries, but not the medicines. So, if we can find a way to make Coca-Cola and pharma companies to work together, millions of lives can be saved. That’s what derived the name of this company.  Colalife was launched by Simon Berry in 2008, with the aim to provide medication to every corner of Africa ]]> 2018-12-05 20:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311593365 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311594693 2018-12-05 20:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311594693 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311595427 Living goods is a nongovernmental organization with the aim to decrease maternal and child mortality from preventable diseases. Living Goods was launched in Uganda in 2007 by Charles Slaughter with the aim to provide life-changing products and services to people in need to improve their health and wealth. ]]> 2018-12-05 20:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311595427 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311596366 2018-12-05 20:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311596366 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311597152 Even till this day the medical transportation for Africa is very poor. Riders for health was co-founded by Andrea Coleman in order to bridge the gap in getting basic health care facilities by an effective transportation model. For millions of people across Africa, access to health care services is a big challenge. In sub-Saharan Africa, best roads are nothing more than dirt tracks and around 70% of people live in rural areas. Thus, it is very difficult for patients to access basic health facilities. Riders for health improves access to health facilities in collaboration with national governments and health care delivery organizations ]]> 2018-12-05 20:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311597152 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311598960 2018-12-05 20:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311598960 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311600713 In conclusion, Africa still suffers deeply from problems like lack of medicine, infant mortality and preventable diseases, and medical transportation. In 10 to 15 years Africa just might be able to start being developed ]]> 2018-12-05 21:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311600713 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311602113 1)  https://www.colalife.org/about/colalife-about/ 
2)https://socialinnovationinhealth.org/case-studies/living-goods-2/
3) https://socialinnovationinhealth.org/case-studies/riders-for-health-2/
4) http://blog.thefuturescompany.com/colalife-and-ambidextrous-innovation/
5) http://skoll.org/organization/living-goods/
6) https://www.crowdrise.com/ridersforhealth/fundraiser/rideapart]]> 2018-12-05 21:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311602113 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311605307 Cola-Life: https://youtu.be/lAl601BegO4
Living Goods: https://youtu.be/Wg8ZX62XpmY
Riders for health: https://youtu.be/TvGp6jj_X9Q]]> 2018-12-05 21:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311605307 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311607064 1) Additionally, around 94% of mothers are using the kit for washing hands and 92% believe that ORS is best option to treat diarrhea (Earley, 2014). g ]]> 2018-12-05 21:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311607064 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311608558 . By adopting this method living goods has significantly reduced child mortality by up to 27%. Moreover, through revenue generated from the sales of products, living goods has been able to sustain 60% of its operations and deliver services at under US $2 per person per year (Living goods, n.d). ]]> 2018-12-05 21:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311608558 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311609224 . Since 1990, riders for health has expended its services to eight countries, and serves 21.9 million people and manages 1700 vehicles, which collectively travelled just under 13 million kilometers in 2014 (Riders for Health, n.d). ]]> 2018-12-05 21:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311609224 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311610994 around 94% of mothers are using the kit for washing hands and 92% believe that ORS is best option to treat diarrhea (Earley, 2014). This method will not only be helpful for Africa it would be helpful for underdeveloped countries like Nepal, Lesotho, and Mali. However, if we were to bring this into our country (Canada) the affects would not be the same. (Earley, 2014). ]]> 2018-12-05 21:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311610994 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311611294  By adopting this method living goods has significantly reduced child mortality by up to 27%. Moreover, through revenue generated from the sales of products, living goods has been able to sustain 60% of its operations and deliver services at under US $2 per person per year (Living goods, n.d). ]]> 2018-12-05 21:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311611294 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311612080 ColaLife can only reach to areas where the logistics is developed enough to catch the attention of certain companies such as ColaLife ]]> 2018-12-05 21:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311612080 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311612237 On the other hand, one of the major weaknesses is limited to the grasping of community health promoters and also giving them a clear image of what will be the pros and cons of this organizations mission ]]> 2018-12-05 21:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311612237 alighddr https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311612477 One of the downfalls for this social innovation is that such things cannot be fixed within a day or two, it takes months to improve all transportations ]]> 2018-12-05 21:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alighddr/n4bqurregbat/wish/311612477