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Amidst Ongoing Global Crises, Gates Foundation Announces Largest Budget Ever: $8.6 Billion in 2024 to Save and Improve Lives
Increased funding includes support for health innovations that could save millions more lives by 2030.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Nigerian AI Specialist Unveils New Health Focused Chatbot
The AI tool is designed to complement traditional hospital services, offering second opinions and a wealth of information.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Thailand Moves to Ban Recreational Cannabis Use, 18 Months After Historic Decriminalization
Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- regulations
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Is A Healthy Diet A Luxury In India?: On The Recent UN Report On Nutrition
The government claims that just 813 million people in India need food aid, while the UN report indicates that over a billion people could not afford a decent diet in the year 2021.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- food security, nutrition
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Asian Development Bank Greenlights $650 Million Investment for Indonesia’s Health System Transformation
The investment aims to equip over 10,000 primary healthcare facilities and 500 public health laboratories across the nation, ensuring they meet the government’s minimum service standards.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Ivorian Healthtech Startup, Susu, Raises $4.9 Million in Funding to Expand into New Markets
Susu provides care packages to patients who need close supervision to ensure that long-term health conditions are tracked and that preventive advice on how to better manage them is received.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Global Digital Health Monitor launches State of Digital Health Report 2023
The GDHM enables countries and regions to track their digital health maturity over time, advocate for resources, identify countries that are performing well to facilitate cross-country learning, and support private sector entrepreneurs and investors.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Islamic Development Bank Announces $100 Million Loan to Make Pakistan Polio-Free
The new funding complements previous loans and will be used to secure and deliver millions of polio vaccines needed to protect all children across Pakistan.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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- lending, public health, SDGs, vaccines
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