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World Health Assembly: Pakistan presented as a model to countries
Pakistan was presented on Saturday as a model to countries attending the World Health Assembly as it became the first nation to conduct joint external evaluation of core capacities to respond to disease outbreaks and the level of preparedness to deal with pandemics.
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- South Asia
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India’s drugmakers need more time to meet international standards: industry group
U.S. and European Union regulators have called on India's $16 billion pharmaceutical industry to step up their efforts if it wants to continue to dominate the generic drugs sector.
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- South Asia
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Seattle nonprofit to battle cancer in Africa with help from biotech industry
Cancer now kills more than 600,000 people on the African continent each year, 50 percent more than malaria, which has traditionally been one of the biggest public health concerns in Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Going for Goals: How to innovate on health sector financing
Achieving this goal — and indeed all of the SDGs by 2030 — requires the cooperation of governments, the private sector and nonprofit actors across the globe. They will also need considerable resources, which is why finding innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms will be critical to their success or failure.
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- Health Care
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German pharma giant Bayer Targets South African Startups to Create Digital Healthcare Solutions
The pharma company is bringing to South Africa its successful Granst4Apps Programme, which aims to bring promising startups under its wing as part of a global web of startup initiatives.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Price of ‘exciting’ self-injectable contraceptive cut
Sayana Press dispenses with the need for a conventional needle and syringe - so it has been seen as a significant development for women living in rural parts of Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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China Ready to Build First Center For Disease Control in Africa
Providing more detail about the plan on Tuesday in Beijing, Mr. Feng Yong, Deputy Director for International Cooperation at China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission, said 100 hospitals and clinics will be built in 5 years, 120,000 persons will be train in China, and the provision of 150,000 scholarships, as well as 500,000 vocational and technical training in 5 years.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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