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mHealth partnership in Sub-Saharan Africa
mHealth partnership in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9931K Omega Diagnostics Group PLC 01 July 2014 \n \n\n \n \nOmega Diagnostics Group PLC\n(\"Omega\" or the \"Company\")\n \nmHealth partnership in Sub-Saharan Africa\n \nOmega (AIM: ODX), the medical diagnostics company focused on allergy, food intolerance and infectious disease, announces it is one of the collaborating partners with the Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA). This collaboration, which was announced in Johannesburg on 30 June 2014, will connect the mobile and health industries to develop commercially sustainable mHealth services that meet public health needs.\n \nOmega has developed a mobile App in connection with its Visitect® CD4 test which is currently undergoing Beta evaluations in Kenya and India. The App has been designed to enable the transmission of results from remote village locations to databases controlled by Ministries of Health.\n \nCommenting on the partnership, Andrew Shepherd, CEO of Omega said: \"Current lab based static diagnostics tools are unable to meet growing patients' needs as countries step up their HIV treatment programmes in conjunction with the decentralisation of CD4 testing. Multi-layer partnerships for mHealth smartphone applications are poised to become an essential foundation in the bridge to augment the continuum of care to the neediest patients, whilst also providing management information and real time surveillance data.\"\n \nThe full announcement made by GSMA is reproduced below and more information can be found at www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/programmes/mhealth\n \nContacts:\n \n\n\n\n\nOmega Diagnostics Group PLC \n\n\nTel: 01259 763 030\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Shepherd, Chief Executive\n\n\nwww.omegadiagnostics.com\n\n\n\n\nKieron Harbinson, Group Finance Director\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJag Grewal, Group Sales and Marketing Director\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfinnCap Ltd \n\n\nTel: 020 7220 0500\n\n\n\n\nGeoff Nash/Christopher Raggett (Corporate Finance)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Norcross/Mia Gardner (Corporate Broking)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalbrook PR Limited \n\n\nTel: 020 7933 8780 or [email protected]\n\n\n\n\nLianne Cawthorne\n\n\nMob: 07584 391 303 \n\n\n\n\nPaul ...