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The Success of Climate Health Initiatives Depends on Buy-in From Government Leaders
IFC's interview with Estelle Willie at The Rockefeller Foundation explores building resilient health systems through a climate lens.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Press Release: New Global Survey Seeks Insights on Climate and Health
The survey findings and expert panel insights will inform the development of a Climate and Health Grand Challenge.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Analysis: How Life Sciences Innovation and Collaboration Could Halve Climate Change’s Adverse Health Effects
Investment of just 5% of the annual pharmaceutical industry's research and development (R&D) budget in climate-driven health solutions could save around 6.5 million lives and avoid $5.8 trillion in economic losses.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Africa’s Startups Need Patient Capital: Could the African Diaspora Help Provide it?
African startup funding amounts to a tiny fraction of global venture capital (VC), and these investments are often concentrated on sectors like fintech and e-commerce. As a result, as Kristin H. Wilson at Innovate Africa Fund argues, African founders often lack the capital and incentive to tackle the continent’s biggest development challenges. She proposes a new approach to funding innovative African-made solutions to these issues — one that leverages the capital and entrepreneurial expertise of the African diaspora.
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- Health Care, Investing
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PBR Life Sciences Raises $1 Million Pre-seed to Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Data Platforms Across Africa
Previously targeting 1000 pharmacies in Nigeria, PBR will use this new funding to expand its AI-driven health data solutions in Ghana and Kenya.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Union Gains $45 Million Package to Boost Vaccine Manufacturing in Senegal
The funding will expand the capacity of Senegal’s Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) to produce shots at its vaccine manufacturing hub MADIBA.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2024: Congratulations to the Three Winners
NextBillion's “Most Influential Articles of the Year” contest has been a yearly tradition since 2012. The contest highlights 12 of our most-read articles from the past year and gives readers the opportunity to vote for their favorites. Here are our three Most Influential Articles of 2024, as selected by our readers.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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Tech Firm Acquires Rigo Microfinance Bank
The takeover is expected to strengthen NucleusIS Africa’s ability to deliver healthcare financing services across the continent.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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