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South Africa: Rural Maubane Receives Solar Powered Health Centre
The North West Department of Health together with Samsung Electronics South Africa have launched a Solar Powered Health Centre (SPHC), which officials says will improve access to specialised healthcare for Maubane residents.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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IBM Introduces Watson to Africa and the Middle East
With the help from the city of Abu Dhabi, IBM will offer its Watson-based data analysis services to the Middle East and North Africa.
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- Health Care
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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New Malaria Strategy Would Double Current Funding
Although malaria is both preventable and curable, it still killed an estimated 584,000 people in 2013, the majority of them African children.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Approach Provides More Complete Picture of Donor Support for Key Global Health Issues
As the world's leaders gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the Financing for Development Conference, a study published in The Lancet demonstrates that a new approach is needed for classifying funding that reflects the function the funding serves, rather than the specific disease or country. The study is the first in-depth assessment of how donor funding is spent on global versus country-specific functions of health.
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- Education, Health Care
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As #FFD3 Kicks Off in Addis, Civil Society Raises Red Flags
Development finance is entering a new era, and in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, civil society representatives remain unconvinced the new world of development cooperation holds more promise for the world’s poor than the old one.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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$100B Plan Seeks to Cut Malaria Cases, Deaths by 90 Percent
Major health, development and financial agencies have unveiled a $100 billion plan to cut global malaria cases and deaths by 90 percent over the next 15 years. The Roll Back Malaria Partnership says its new strategy will result in a health and economic bonanza for developing countries.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Good News on ‘African Solutions to African Problems’ in Health: SMS, Bike Ambulances, and Pregnancy Hostels
At the end of this week a high level ministerial meeting will take place in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, to discuss how to fix the shortage of health workers on the continent.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Weekly Roundup 7-11-15: Sports for Girls, Marriage Counseling for EU/Greece, Tweets for All
The NextBillion team is a bit far-flung as the summer season hits high gear, so we’re continuing our experiment of combining our weekly Roundup with our list of Twitter favorites.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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