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The Gates Foundation’s Trevor Mundel on the Opposite of Rare Disease
The foundation, started by a titan of capitalism, understands that if it’s going to make any kind of dent in huge health problems, it needs to tap into the resources of pharma and biotech
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- Health Care
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Ethiopia spreads health awareness in its villages over coffee
The government has employed an army of women health workers to educate rural women about healthy lifestyle practices
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global AIDS Response – What Progress?
On Wednesday, in the run up of the World AIDS Day, UNAIDS released its 2013 report on the global epidemic
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- Health Care
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GAVI Alliance to support introduction of inactivated polio vaccine in world’s 73 poorest countries
Alliance Board selects additional vaccines to include in its portfolio
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- Health Care
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African Medical students join fight against diabetes
Over 5000 medical students at the University of Nairobi, Makerere University and University of Namibia are set to steer the fight against diabetes.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Global Fund needs global collaboration
We should fund the Global Fund, no doubt about it. But we should ask the right questions now and initiate a change that would make a difference in development assistance.
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- Health Care
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- impact investing
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New Study Demonstrates the Power of Ultrasound Screenings to Transform Maternal and Newborn Care in Rural Uganda
"Magnet Effect" caused by access to innovative ultrasound technology includes positive clinical trends in antenatal visits and newborn deliveries
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa