NanoHealth is a

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that focuses on managing

chronic disease A chronic condition is a health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time. The term ''chronic'' is often applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three mo ...

s such as

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asthma Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and easily triggered bronchospasms. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, cou ...

, and

hypertension Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms. Long-term high bl ...

in Indian urban slums and low income communities. It was the 2014 recipient of the

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History

NanoHealth was founded in 2014 by a group of five alumni from the

Indian School of Business The Indian School of Business (ISB) is a private business school established in India in 2001. It has two parallel campuses in India, in Hyderabad (Telangana) and Mohali (Punjab). It offers certificates in various post-graduate management prog ...

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

— Dr Ashish Bondia, Manish Ranjan, Ramanathan Lakshmanan, Aditi Vaish, and Pranav Kumar Maranganty. Its primary focus is the creation of a network of local community health workers called "Saathis". These workers, who are trained and certified by the company, use the "Doc-in-a-Bag", a low-cost diagnostic tool for chronic disease management. In 2014 the company was awarded the

, the first ever Indian team to receive the award. Two years after the founding, Pagitipati family bought over most of the non-active co-founders. Manish Ranjan continues to be the leading face of the organization and steered the company towards other business lines. Currently, NanoHealth's solution offering includes # For Corporates: Wellness + Disease Management # For Hospitals: https://www.NHCircle.com # For Governments: Community Health Management In 2018 they held an ICO to non-credentialed US investors. https://nhct.io/#nhct-tokes-buy

Partners

* GVK BIO's HEART (Health Emphasized Analytics and Reporting Tool), a

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-based healthcare analytics framework * Youth for Seva, an organization in India providing young volunteers to work in schools, NGOs, government hospitals and other organizations in the social sector *Tabeeb, a US-based health care firm with an international virtual network of specialist doctors

PR Web Cision Ltd. is a public relations and earned media software company and services provider. The company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois; with clients worldwide. The company went public via reverse merge ...

(17 March 2015)
"Press release: NanoHealth Partners With Tabeeb to Provide an End-To-End Solution for Chronic Diseases"
Retrieved 31 March 2015.

Awards

GHMC The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, commonly known as the GHMC is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the cities of Hyderabad and Secund ...

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.nanohealth.in Social enterprises Medical and health organisations based in India Organisations based in Hyderabad, India Indian companies established in 2014 2014 establishments in Andhra Pradesh