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Sisu Global Health wins $25,000 at GE-backed competition
CEO Carolyn Yarina states that funding received from competition will provide crucial resources for commercialization of new blood recycling device.
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Neglected tropical diseases: Funding the next stage of the fight
Delegates (at the recent NTDs Summit in Geneva, Switzerland) highlighted that while NTDs are considered one of the best buys in public health, they continue to be underfunded, and remain largely dependent on donors.
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- Health Care
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WHO to help bring cheap biosimilar cancer drugs to poor
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to launch a pilot project this year to assess cheap copies of expensive biotech cancer drugs in a bid to make such medicines more widely available in poorer countries.
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- Health Care
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The app making healthcare accessible in South Africa
AitaHealth trains community health workers who offer counseling and home treatment, focusing on preventive care.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African governments set to stare down a healthy PATH
While several African countries have invested in a growing pipeline of high-impact, cost-effective innovations for healthcare, the innovations were largely reliant on foreign investments, according to Craig Friderichs, a country director of international health NGO PATH.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa’s economic woes
Additional investments in science, technology, and innovation in Africa will improve health, spur economic growth, and reduce poverty across the continent. This was the common denominator at a meeting of African and global leaders representing governments, the private sector, and civil society to discuss health innovation and research capacity on the continent.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Two-Sided Mobile Platform Creates ‘Network Effect’ to Help Patients, Health Clinics
The private health sector, where a large percentage of people in developing countries seek care, is fragmented and marked by poor quality and high prices. Two interlinked programs conceived by a group in the Netherlands – M-TIBA and the Medical Credit Fund – are attempting to address this problem at large scale. Both have achieved remarkable growth within a short period.
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Surviving a Pandemic: How ‘Economic Training’ Helps Families Live Beyond HIV/AIDS
Millions of households are struggling to support children affected by HIV/AIDS. A new approach seeks to ease their burden by integrating economic strengthening activities into programs that already serve orphans and vulnerable children and their extended families. It involves training practitioners with new skill sets, so they in turn can help others develop financial independence and resilience.
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- Health Care
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