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Nikita Shukla is a World Economic Forum Shaper Using “Courageous Conversations” To Create Change

In Health, Publisher Channel, womensempowerment, Youth by Mary Kurek

Nikita Shukla is a youth advocate, equality-in-healthcare promotor, and economic empowerment activist. As a World Economic Forum “Shaper,” Nikita’s work centers on having what she calls “courageous conversations.” These conversations would be the ones where the aim is to find that place of mindset shift where change can actually happen.  Nikita understands that her youth, sex, and even her skin …

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Chancellor Dinesh Shukla Builds Medical Universities in Africa

In African Influence, Education, Health, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Chancellor Dinesh Shukla of the American International University and his team have been educating medical professionals from eighteen countries in their state-of-the-art medical university campus in West Africa for the past eleven years. They’ve graduated several hundred medical professionals certified on the American curriculum who are all working in clinics and hospitals today, a challenge he says that has been …

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Judith Getugi Founded WeRBinti To Help African Women in Healthcare Careers

In Africa, Africa Innovators and Influencers, Life Lab by Mary Kurek

Judith Getugi of Kenya is a Pharmacist with a serious understanding of the hardship of young African women who are in or heading into a healthcare career.  She founded WeRBinti to bring global mentorship to an organized format to help young women in this space grow, excel, and learn all the pieces of entrepreneurship and personal care to make the …

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Dr. David Ajibade Uses Nutraceuticals to Effectively Treat Sickle Cell Anemia in Nigerian Youth

In Africa, Africa Innovators and Influencers, Health by Mary Kurek

While in the United States sourcing funds for his government-approved study, Dr. David Ajibade, Executive Director of the Brain and Body Foundation of Nigeria, sat down for a conversation with Frontrunners Innovate Publisher, Mary Kurek, to talk about the study and how his work with nutraceuticals is impacting youth with sickle cell anemia. The study is an important first step …

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What’s Behind the Public Internet Communication Privacy Crisis in Healthcare

In Features25 by Mary Kurek

By John McNulty,  CEO of Didgebridge Who and what is fueling these Public Internet invasions of our healthcare privacy?  (“Digital Hipaa”) It’s all about compiling highly monetizable Healthcare Risk-Profiles…on all of us. The Public Internet’s Privacy violating “bad-guys” are currently mining our Healthcare Public Internet Communication. This includes our visits to drug/device company websites and hospital  websites, as well as WebMD, Patients-Like-Me, …

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League Member Deb Tauber Picked Up for Entrepreneurship Accelerator for Innovations in Healthcare

In Features23 by Mary Kurek

Another “win” for Frontrunners League member, Deb Tauber, Founder of Innovative SimSolutions, LLC.  Deb recently announced her acceptance into Cohort 3 of the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute Accelerator.  Her work in advancing simulated training in healthcare has won her this special honor.  We salute and congratulate Deb!  Check it out!

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Full Mental Jacket

In Features22, Health by Mary Kurek

By Clint Adams This article is written to give the reader a snapshot of what is happening in our bodies and brains as we develop from being young children to adulthood. The purpose of this is then to introduce you to some initiatives you can take upon yourselves to enhance your mental health and overall resilience. These initiatives are to …

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John McNulty – Didgebridge

In Data, GameChangers22, Health by Mary Kurek

John McNulty is passionate about the privacy and security of personal data.  His company, Didgebridge, is a privacy-focused company that serves the patient loyalty, regimen adherence, education, engagement, and retention needs of the healthcare and consumer retail industries.  They bridge the gap between high-quality video production and video content distribution. With so much of mental health tied to strict compliance …

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Cellphone, COVID-19, and Climate Change in Africa

In Climate, Features 20 by Mary Kurek

By:  Osita Aniemeka, PhD, Ambassador, Telemedicine Today, NIGERIA Before the dawn of COVID-19, the effects of climate change were already being felt by people across Africa. Evidence shows that change in temperature has affected the health, livelihoods, food productivity, water availability, and overall security of the African people. According to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index for 2015, seven of the …

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Brenda Schmidt, MS, MDA: Self Care Platform Paid by Medical Claims

In Game Changers 17, Health by Mary Kurek

Brenda Schmidt, MS MBA is the Founder and CEO of Solera Health. She believes that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to getting and staying healthy. She founded Solera in 2015 to change that paradigm, creating a technology platform that matches a person’s unique risks, goals, and preferences with tools proven to help them improve their health and prevent, treat, or …