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Are Altered Mosquitoes a Public Health Project, or a Business?
The fight against dengue and Zika in Latin America is turning into a contest between mosquito-altering technologies, and between profits and public health. Nonprofits and corporations are in a race to fight dengue and Zika.
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- Latin America
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South Africa: Automated Medicine Dispenser Wins Samsung Prize
A new automated chronic medicine dispensing system is on the way. The Technovra system took first place at the Samsung South Africa Launching people- Mixed Talents competition, it is a pilot project for the national Department of Health.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sanofi partners with Brazil to accelerate Zika vaccine work
Sanofi has struck a collaboration deal with a leading Brazilian research institute to speed development of a Zika vaccine, consolidating the French drugmaker's position in the race to defeat the mosquito-borne virus.
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Is Uganda’s Matibabu Africa’s next big e-health innovation?
Africa is increasingly gaining a reputation in the e-health space, thanks to the innovatives solutions developed by the likes of LifeQ, Vula Mobile and hearScreen. A young Ugandan, Makerere University graduate Brian Gitta, may well have the next one on his hands. His company, thinkIT, has developed Matibabu, a non-invasive device used to test for malaria, with smartphones used for diagnosis.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This Swedish Startup Brings Insurance to 24 Million People in the Developing World Through Their Mobiles
Mobile insurance startup BIMA has signed up 24 million customers across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, according to its deputy CEO.
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$1.5 Billion Needed to Eradicate Polio. Mike Bloomberg Donates $25 Million to Fund
Although no reported US cases of Polio have been reported since 1999, the possibility of the contracting the disease is still alive. However, the CDC says that the disease is very close to being eradicated, a billion and a half dollars close to be in fact.
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Cholera in Haiti: WHO considers using half doses to vaccinate more people
The U.N. agency announced earlier this month that it would send 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to the Caribbean island. More than 200 cases of the deadly disease have been reported since Hurricane Matthew, and the numbers are expected to surge as the rainy season progresses between November and January.
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- Latin America
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Nigeria Set to Resume Vaccine Production, Eyes $280m From Export
The Chairman of the National Immunisation Financing Task Force Team (NIFT), Dr. Ben Anyene told the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu in Abuja yesterday, that when fully in production, vaccines from Nigeria will cater for seven million children. They could also yield $280 million in export.
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- Health Care, Technology
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