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Pfizer, Manipal Hospitals & others join hands to accelerate health tech startups in India
A group of health care entities, including Manipal Hospitals and Narayana Health, have gotten together with an investor to provide up to $1.6 million in grants and investments to early-stage startups that seek to enhance access to affordable technology-driven health care products and services for low-income masses in India.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Weekly Roundup – New models to fund global health care
Lots of people have ideas about how to improve global health. Fewer have ideas about how to fund those improvements. We highlight possible innovations, plus an old debate to provide context.
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- Health Care
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Study: Ebola Vaccine May Fall Short
One of the Ebola vaccines about to enter testing in Liberia may not be as potent as researchers had hoped, according to a new study, raising questions about how well it will prevent infection.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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HIV Fears Rise Over Condom Shortage in States
At least six states are facing a severe shortage of condoms distributed under the government's AIDS control programme, giving rise to a public health concern over the risk of HIV infections spreading.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Stanford Launches Major Effort to Expedite Vaccine Discovery with $50 Million Grant
The funding will establish the Stanford Human Systems Immunology Center, and will accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for the world's most deadly infectious diseases.
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- Education, Health Care
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Press Release: Four Initiatives From Across Africa Win Share of Global $1 Million Healthcare Innovation Award
Organisations from South Africa, Zambia, Kenya and Uganda recognised by GSK and Save the Children for innovations proven to help reduce deaths in under-fives.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Promising Practices: CHMI highlights 71 pro-poor innovations improving health care around the world
The Center for Health Market Innovations has released its annual report, "Highlights: Findings From 2014," which identifies health care programs and policies, documents and analyzes promising practices, and spotlights programs with potential for scale up and adaptation within and across borders.
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- Health Care
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Innovative Biometric Payment Technology for Ebola Response Workers Launched
The Government of Sierra Leone through the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) has this week launched a national exercise to implement the revised Hazard Policy aimed at re-classifying Ebola Response Workers (ERWs) based on real risks and further ensuring fiduciary sustainability and compliance.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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