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How solar power can improve healthcare

WEBStoddard was explaining to a panel discussion at Solar Power Africa on How solar power can improve the health of millions of people in Africa why Power Africa and …

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Rwanda: Electrification of healthcare facilities using solar

WEBRwanda could achieve 100% electrification of its healthcare facilities by 2027 by using solar power and backup batteries to electrify currently unelectrified health …

Category:  Health Go Health

Access to healthcare is about access to electricity

WEBYet this critical enabler of essential healthcare has remained almost invisible in the decades-long push towards universal health coverage. Only recently was …

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Solar to power healthcare facilities around sub-Saharan Africa

WEBPower Africa has announced the disbursement of $2.6million in grants to solar companies to provide off-grid electricity to 288 healthcare facilities across sub …

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“Mini-grids can electrify thousands of health centres in sub …

WEBThe average system reliability or the average up time of the mini-grids that we have surveyed is above 97%. These really remote, rural and poor communities have …

Category:  Health Go Health

Electrification a major challenge for healthcare facilities globally

WEBJanuary 23, 2023. A joint report on electrification of healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries shows p.ower is unreliable for a full half of facilities in sub-Saharan …

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Sierra Leone: solar systems to power six hospitals

WEBJune 1, 2023. Image credit: Twitter Dr. Austin Demby, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation, at the launch of the solar project in Freetown. Six hospitals in Sierra Leone …

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Liberia: Medical facility powered by solar

WEBPhoebe is an essential part of the community which provides 500 000 residents with medical treatment. The Phoebe hospital will be installed with a PV micro …

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Data to assist in electrification of the healthcare sector in Nigeria

WEBMarch 31, 2022. The federal government in Nigeria has faced several barriers in the electrification of 304 healthcare facilities and schools as announced in 2021. Sustainable …

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Ghana solar project reshaping rural community healthcare services

WEBApril 11, 2023. Image credit: [mari1408]@123RF.com. The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) has implemented its first solar project: a 104 kWp grid-tied PV system to …

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Tanzanian healthcare centres to receive free electricity services

WEBA mini-grid operator, JUMEME, has launched a COVID-19 Relief Programme to support the Tanzanian healthcare centres in the fight against the COVID-19 …

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Exclusive interview with Dr Kevin Mortimer, Senior Clinical Lecturer …

WEBA woman participating in the adult lung health sub-study of CAPS undergoing measurement of her lung function using a portable spirometer. Malawi has …

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Sierra Leone: Solar brings energy security to healthcare facilities

WEBThey aim to reduce carbon emissions and ensure a stable power supply for healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone’s eastern and northern provinces. Each system has …

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Fast-track construction of S.African hospital in response to COVID-19

WEBIn South Africa, the R3 billion Dr Pixley Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital in KwaMashu north of Durban, originally scheduled for completion by November, has been …

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Zambia launches plan to electrify rural healthcare facilities with solar

WEBThe Government of Zambia has launched an Action Plan charting the way forward to provide reliable and affordable electricity to underserved health centers using …

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an African Power & Energy Elites project

WEBJuly 19, 2022. SOUTH AFRICA. As there is an urgent need to electrify health centres, this project, delivered by SustainSolar in March 2021, is a joint initiative for a modular …

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Nigeria: EU investment to focus on energy projects for healthcare

WEBThe EU’s nearly $40 million investment in the Nigeria energy sector will be used for mainly hydropower and solar projects geared toward healthcare facilities. Some …

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Nigeria: Solar energy drives greater efficiency at healthcare centres

WEBSolar PV systems could meet energy demand in healthcare sector. In a 2022 report, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) said its research showed that an estimated …

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WHO confirms: Cooking with firewood is a health threat

WEBSpeaking on the negative effect of cooking with firewood, a family health doctor in Abuja, Dr Tolu Omodunbi, said the use of firewood and solid fuel is like a …

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How solar power can improve healthcare services: lessons from India

WEBA first-of-its kind study, Powering Primary Healthcare through Solar in India: Lessons from Chhattisgarh, published recently by the Council on Energy, Environment …

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Distribution transformer health assessments

WEBDistribution transformer health assessments. Transformers are prolific and one of the critical components of the distribution power system. For each HV/MV primary …

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