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GSK Sets 10-year Price Reduction For Pneumococcal Vaccines
The pharmaceutical gaint, GlaxoSmithKline has announced a 10-year steady reduction in price of pneumococcal vaccines to enable Nigeria continue to purchase vaccines at prices meant for low-income countries still dependent on support from the Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (GAVI).
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Hyacinths and Sawdust Used to Combat Cooking Pollution
A brew made from sawdust and water hyacinth flowers may help reduce the millions of lives lost across the developing world from the fumes of ramshackle cooking equipment.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sanofi Pasteur CEO Has Ambitious Goals
The APEC CEO Summit, part of the Asia Economic Conference (Apec) Philippines 2015, is the Asia-Pacific’s premier business event for Apec leaders and business executives to discuss the futere of Asia-Pacific economies. Olivier Charmeil, Sanofi Pasteur’s CEO, joins other business leaders for a two-day discussion, presentations and dialogue on a wide range of issues that will impact the future development of the region, including innovation, trade, sustainability and disaster resilience.
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- Asia Pacific
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Mozzie Field Test Kit Attracts Gates Foundation Funding
Research being undertaken by a team at the University of the Sunshine Coast has caught the attention of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Health Care
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Health-e News: Medicine Stock-Outs Are Hard to Diagnose
From the Eastern Cape to Limpopo, medicine shortages continue to be reported throughout South Africa. In a year in which it seems stock outs have become the new mystery disease, the shortages have difficult causes that are sometimes hard to pin down.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Weekly Roundup 11-13-15: What’s in a Name?
According to Pamela Hartigan, director of the Skoll Centre at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, “social enterprise” is a mindset, not a “sector,” and we’d all be better off recognizing that.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Big Pharma Pricing Pneumonia Vaccines Out of Reach
A child dies every 35 seconds from pneumonia leading to the deaths of about 1 million children every year from the disease, according to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).These deaths are easily preventable with a vaccine that too few people are receiving. According to MSF, one of the biggest problems is the price of the vaccines, which are only made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer.
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Victoria’s Secret perfume a pretty good mosquito repellent
Nearly half of the world population is at risk of contracting malaria—a debilitating disease that killed 438,000 people in 2015 alone. The World Health Organization has handed out mosquito nets, spearheaded the development of a vaccine, and broadened the access to antibiotics. Maybe they should also consider Victoria’s Secret Bombshell perfume.
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