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WHO Launches First Investment Round, Asking for $11 Billion
This is a new approach for the world’s leading public health agency. It's hoping to bring in funding that is flexible and predictable.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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- public health
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Report: Poor Countries Need $1.4 Trillion Annually for Universal Social Protection: ILO
Over half of GDP needed for social protection in low-income nations; essential health care tops funding needs.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Global
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- public health
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BioNTech Secures $145 Million to Boost mRNA Vaccine Capabilities in Africa
The German biotech will use the funding to enhance the mRNA vaccine research and development capacity of its facility in Kigali, Rwanda.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance on the Rise in Low-, Middle-Income Countries
Notable antimicrobial resistance increases were observed in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia between 2004 and 2021.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Press Release: Saudi Arabia and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce Landmark Push to Eradicate Polio and Lift Millions out of Poverty
Saudi Arabia and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today pledged to work together to help protect 370 million children annually from polio and lift millions out of poverty across 33 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) member countries.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Analysis: African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding
Despite making clear commitments to prioritize national public healthcare spending, African governments’ allocations to health care grew minimally over the last two decades.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, human rights, public health
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AI in African Healthcare: The Good, the Bad and the RECKLESS
Artificial intelligence (AI) can have a major positive impact on the cost and quality of healthcare in emerging economies. But as AI gains traction in Africa's healthcare market, Mark Wien at PocketPatientMD calls out an alarming trend: New AI solutions are being introduced into actual practice without the proper safeguards, standards and scrutiny. And even worse, these solutions are often being developed by non-medical professionals and technologists, who rush to roll out new tools without caution — and without acknowledging or perhaps even understanding the risks they pose to vulnerable patients and health systems. He urges Africa's healthcare industry — including doctors themselves — to address this issue with the seriousness it deserves.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Nigeria Secures $1 Billion to Boost Indigenous Medicine Production
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the acquisition of over $1 billion in funding to support the local production of indigenous medicines in the country.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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