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Press Release: Global Donors Pledge Over US $777 Million to Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases and Improve the Lives of 1.6 Billion People at the Reaching the Last Mile Forum at COP28
These pledges will help close the funding gap needed to expedite progress towards the WHO roadmap targets which call for at least 100 countries to have eliminated at least one NTD by 2030.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Africa Go Green Fund And BURN Manufacturing Sign a $10 Million Project To Fund Clean Cookstoves
The financing is for over 315,000 clean cookstoves which will be distributed in the three countries, enhancing their livelihoods, promoting health benefits, and contributing to the reduction of deforestation.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Africa Healthcare Network (AHN) Secures $20 Million in Funding Led by Africa50 and AfricInvest For A Continent-Wide Expansion
The funding will enable AHN to accelerate its growth and address significant gaps in the availability of high quality, affordable renal care across Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GCI, Bboxx Launch Clean Cooking Initiative in Pakistan
This effort aims to introduce millions of LPG cooking solutions, representing a major stride in reshaping the nation's energy framework.
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- Energy, Health Care
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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UK Unveils White Paper to Set Approach to Global Development
The white paper, published today, sets out revolutionary approach to tackling world hunger.
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- Education, Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Illumina Launches Global Health Access Initiative to Support Acceleration of Pathogen Sequencing in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
The program, developed with guidance from customers, funders, and market facilitators including the nonprofit FIND, will provide reduced pricing structures for eligible sequencing products from Illumina to qualified global health funding entities and address key international logistics and supply chain challenges.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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Report: Examining the Potential for Electric Cooking in Rwanda
A study developed by Sustainable Energy for All and its partners examined the potential for electric pressure cookers (EPCs) to replace these traditional, polluting cooking methods in Rwanda and inform government and industry efforts to promote the technology’s adoption.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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‘Too Big to Fail’: How USAID’s $9.5 Billion Supply Chain Vision Unraveled
Ten years ago, USAID unveiled the largest contract in its history, aimed at transforming health supply chains in lower-income countries. It has not gone according to plan.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Global
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