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Plastics Linked to $1.5 Trillion in Annual Health Costs, Study Finds
A new report published in The Lancet has found that plastics are responsible for more than $1.5trn in global health-related economic losses each year, affecting people from infancy to old age.
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Gates Foundation Pledges $2.5 Billion to Women’s Health Initiatives
This is the largest funding commitment the Gates Foundation has made in women’s health.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Africa’s First Cell & Gene Therapy Startup Altera Biosciences Raises R29 Million
This milestone positions Altera at the forefront of biotech innovation in Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Senegal’s Eyone Medical Raises $3 Million to Digitise West Africa’s Health Records
The platform is used in over 60 healthcare institutions across Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, and France.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WHO Urges Urgent Action Ahead of COP30 at Global Climate and Health Conference in Brasília
Climate change is fuelling a health crisis and threatens to undo decades of global health progress.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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W Health Ventures Unveils $70 Million Fund II to Ignite Healthcare Startups
The newly established Fund II aims to support between eight to ten startups over the next four years.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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LeapFrog Investments Makes Full Exit of Goodlife Pharmacy
LeapFrog Investments has exited its stake from Goodlife Pharmacy, East Africa’s largest retail pharmacy platform, to CFAO Healthcare, a leading distributor of pharmaceutical and medical products in Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa to Be Hit Hard as UK Foreign Aid Cuts Revealed
A Foreign Office report and impact assessment show the biggest cuts this year will come in Africa, with less spent on women's health and water sanitation with increased risks, it says, of disease and death.
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- Finance, Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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