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Press Release: USAID Invests Initial $4 Million to Global Financing Facility in Continued Push to Support Health Workers and Bolster Primary Health Care Systems
The initial USAID investment of $4 million to the GFF establishes a trust fund focused on strengthening PHC systems capable of effectively delivering outbreak and pandemic response services in GFF partner countries.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Global
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How ‘Unauthorized Status’ Is Threatening US Global HIV Initiative
HIV and AIDS advocates and Democratic lawmakers say the politicization of PEPFAR risks the integrity of the program.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Global
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- public health
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Press Release: USAID Announces New $37 Million Contract to Strengthen the Capacity of Local Health Entities, Prioritize Critical Health Security Gaps
The Localize Global Health Security project will help advance the second localization goal by issuing grants to local organizations for interventions to address critical gaps in the country’s health security.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Why Does African Health-Tech Have a Funding Problem?
Health tech has become a pressing need in Africa because governments haven’t treated public health with enough urgency.
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- Finance, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Funding to Ensure 370 Million Children Receive Polio Vaccinations and to Boost Health Innovation in Low-Income Countries
To promote swift progress towards eradicating wild poliovirus, the partnership aims to deliver €500 million in payments to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – specifically the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: GE HealthCare Awarded a $44 Million Grant to Develop Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Ultrasound Technology Aimed at Improving Outcomes in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries
The grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will facilitate development of AI-assisted applications and tools to enable healthcare professionals with less experience to perform quick and accurate ultrasound scans.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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IFC Invests $50 Million in New LeapFrog Fund to Bolster Health, Financial Services Businesses in Africa
The latest fund will focus on growing businesses in healthcare and financial services by helping companies adopt digital solutions and offer new products that can reach underserved segments of the population.
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- Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Gates Foundation to Accelerate mRNA Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing in Africa and Globally
This new funding builds on the foundation’s previous US$55 million investment in mRNA manufacturing technology.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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