July 2020 – FD Healthcare Investment Company

Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company

3 Things You Might Not Know About Trade/Investment in Healthcare

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Investment in Nigeria’s healthcare sector is insufficient. The narrative around healthcare as a business in Nigeria has been that it is not profitable and this explains why most conversations about trade and/or investments are focused on industries like steel, cement, telecommunications, etc. They are considered ‘real’ businesses and more profitable ventures. However, this is untrue …

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Testing, Testing, Testing

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Testing remains an important criterion in the fight against COVID-19. Globally, the fight against the virus is still based on the testing strengths of each country as there is no known cure or vaccine. At Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company, we are partnering with individuals and organisations across all sectors to help speed up testing …

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Our Testing Booths, By the Numbers

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on the 16th of July 2020, reported that there are 34,854 confirmed cases of COVID-19. A total of 202,097 tests have been carried out to date, with a daily test total of 12,707 samples across the country. What do these numbers mean to us at Flying Doctors Healthcare …

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COVID-19 TESTING: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OUR MOLECULAR LABORATORY

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Shortly after our established molecular laboratory in partnership with one of our portfolio companies, we have received several requests for the establishment of such laboratories to speed up the testing of COVID-19 samples. Molecular diagnostics laboratory is a kind of laboratory where several techniques are employed to aid in the analysis of biological markers in …

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Our COVID-19 Training Academy

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This past week was yet another remarkable time for us at FDHIC as we commenced the first edition of our training academy for molecular lab scientists in Rivers state, Nigeria. Our COVID-19 training academy is one of our newly developed initiatives that is aimed at helping train and equip molecular lab scientists with the necessary …

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Month: July 2020