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‘There’s no point giving free cancer drugs to Africa’
Giving out free cancer drugs would not help the poorest parts of Africa, the head of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has told the BBC.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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The Podcast: When Life Hits You In the Head With a Brick …
Max Chinnah, CEO and co-founder of Terraoak Inc., is from Nigeria, where his grandmother died from complications related to breathing air polluted by cookstoves. He's convinced his Genesys Cooker can improve the lives of millions around the world.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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GHIT Fund partners with 10 new global cos to expand investment in R&D for neglected diseases worldwide
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) welcomed ten new partnerships that include major global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies—collaborations that will expand investments into research and development (R&D) for neglected diseases worldwide.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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With Another Pandemic Looming, Let’s Change Perspective
We cannot prevent the emergence of new viruses, according to Dr. Melvin Sanicas, a Global Health Fellow and program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, but we can take measures to prevent small epidemics from becoming big ones, including investing in infrastructures for preparedness.
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Study: Cancer Drugs Less Affordable in Poor Nations Than US
Cancer drugs predictably cost much more in the U.S. than in poor countries and even other wealthy nations, but a study shows they are less affordable in some developing countries despite the lower price.
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Price cap on medical devices could prove counterproductive, say doctors
Mansukhalal Suvalal, 77, travelled all the way from Ahmednagar, Maharashtra to Bengaluru, accompanied by his grandchildren, hoping to break his decade-long silence. In his battle with Stage IV throat cancer, he had lost his voice box after he underwent laryngectomy .
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Cameroonian inventor wins prize for handheld tablet bringing medicine to rural areas
Cardio Pad enables heart patients in remote areas to access healthcare without journeying to the cities where most heart specialists work. Zang -- who won gold at the Africa Prize for the invention -- explains that the tablet comes with "four electrodes, which are attached to the patient's chest to determine whether their heart is functioning normally".
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Meet the ‘flying hospital’ fighting to save the broken hearts of Tanzania’s poor children
More than a million babies worldwide are born every year with a congenital heart defect. Of these, one tenth will not live to see their first birthday. While corrective surgery is normally performed within weeks of the birth, in Tanzania and other developing countries, poverty and a lack of cardiac specialists or facilities mean many go untreated.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation
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