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Check out this Facebook Live interview with Mashable & our COO Erica Frenkel at last week’s Social Good Summit! And continue below to read Mashable’s wonderful write-up about Gradian & the UAM! This no-electricity anesthesia machine is saving lives across the developing world For many hospitals in rural parts of the developing world, electricity is unreliable […]
Last Friday, at a ceremony hosted by the Tanzanian Government, we were proud to team up with KAS Medics (Gradian’s local distribution partner) and White Ribbon Alliance Tanzania (WRATZ) to formally hand over our Universal Anaesthesia Machine (UAM) to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children as part of a new […]
Gradian was a signatory on this recent statement from the United4Oyxgen Alliance, which calls for improved access to medical oxygen in light of the recent deaths of children at Baba Raghav Das Medical College (due in part to a lack of oxygen). Originally published on JustActions We have read with alarm the unfolding events at the Baba […]
Check out our new microsite for more information on our Saving Lives at Birth project! We’ll be updating it regularly as the project gets underway. Strengthening Obstetric Care in Zambia through Anesthesia Technology & Training
Childbirth is a universal phenomenon whose awe-inspiring significance transcends borders, languages and cultures. However, safe childbirth care is anything but universal: it often depends on factors like one’s location, income or access to transportation. Indeed, these factors are among the major barriers preventing millions of pregnant women in low-income countries from receiving the high-quality care […]
Last week, at the 7th annual Saving Lives at Birth DevelopmentXChange, Gradian Health Systems was awarded a “transition to scale” grant for a project to reduce maternal and newborn deaths in Zambia. The two-year project – valued at nearly $1 million – will strengthen emergency care during childbirth by equipping more than 30 Zambian hospitals with Gradian’s Universal Anaesthesia […]
We’re excited to announce that Gradian has been selected as a finalist for the Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B) award led by the Gates Foundation and the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway and Korea. After a few rounds of applications and interviews – up against more than 550 participants – we’re one […]
Publication originale sur l’Observatoire du BoP En dépit de sommes considérables investies par les gouvernements et par les bailleurs internationaux, au moins 40% des équipements médicaux sont inutilisés (ou inutilisables) dans les pays en voie de développement, où ils sont mis à rude épreuve par les conditions environnementales (poussière, chaleur, humidité), par un réseau électrique de […]
Oxygen is one of the most frequently required medical interventions in the world, however in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), its access is severely limited. This week, the WHO took an important step to change that: for the first time, its biennial Essential Medicines List (EML) features an indication for oxygen as a treatment for […]
In today’s fast-paced, digital world, awareness campaigns have become the currency of global health advocacy. We learn about a cause (say, cancer) from a headline (“Study estimates global cancer cases, deaths in 2015”), honor it with a holiday (World Cancer Day) and buy into it with a hashtag (#WeCanICan), hoping our contributions reverberate across our […]
