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$48 Million Deal Signed for Nagaland Health Project
The Government of India, the Government of Nagaland and the World Bank have signed a massive 48 million dollars credit agreement for the ‘Nagaland Health Project,’ which aims to improve health services across the state.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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India’s Practo Raises $55M to Expand Its Healthcare Platform to More Emerging Markets
India-based Practo, a startup that helps consumers locate doctors and healthcare information, has closed a $55 million Series D funding round that will fuel an expansion into more emerging markets worldwide.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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Learning From Failure: Lessons From Nigeria About Integrating Technology Into Rural Health Systems
A study showed that most people living in a Nigerian territory lacked access to health care, leading to a radical eHealth pilot project. That pilot failed, but lessons learned ultimately led to a stronger and more sustainable eHealth framework in Nigeria and can help others who hope to integrate technology into health systems, especially in limited-resource settings.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- data, failure, rural development
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Exclusive: Philip Morris jolted by Indian proposal to ban foreign tobacco investment
Philip Morris International is fighting to keep a toehold in India's $11 billion tobacco market, as the government considers further tightening foreign investment rules in the sector, according to documents seen by Reuters.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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- ESG
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Health-e News: DIY test for HIV comes to a pharmacy near you
It’s as simple and easy as a home pregnancy test. HEALTH-E NEWS writer Amy Green went through the process of self-testing for HIV.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Med Air Africa: Mobile Healthcare for the Most Remote Mines
Mines are dangerous places, not least because of their often remote and hostile locations far from medical facilities. Med Air Africa, set up in 2010, is helping to bring medical rooms and equipment, highly trained staff and air assistance to mines across Liberia and South Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wearable brain scanner among healthcare innovations
A low-cost, brain-scanning device for detecting neurological emergencies swiftly, a biochip integrated with smart phone for DNA-based test malaria test, a point-of-care microscope that detects infection using artificial intelligence (AI) are some of the top 20 ventures selected in the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge (TSEC) 2016-2017.
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- Health Care, Technology
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India to encourage health investors, but silent on sending its doctors
India has pledged to support Kenya to improve its healthcare, despite not responding to the government’s attempt to hire doctors from the country. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led their delegations in bilateral talks geared towards improving cooperation between Kenya and India.
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- Health Care
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