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Global Fund signs $100 million grant agreement with Namibia
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria signed grant agreements on Tuesday with Namibia for $91.6 million to support the national response to HIV and $8.5 million for malaria programs.
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- Health Care
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Mental health needs realistic treatment – or we face decades of wasted time
NGOs can play a decisive role in ensuring that those with mental health problems aren't misdiagnosed, and receive treatment that takes cultural and educational barriers into account
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- Health Care
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- waste
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Kenya’s Mothers Shun Free Maternity Health Care
It has been a month since the Kenyan government waived the maternity fee at public health facilities, but Millicent Awino is still one of the many expectant mothers in favour of a home birth.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PEPFAR: Millions treated, but better info management needed
Over the past decade, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has saved millions of lives, but a watchdog claims it could help even more if information were managed better.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Tanzania’s Mwanzo Bora: Promoting “good starts” in community agriculture and nutrition
In Tanzania, 53 percent of pregnant women are anemic, and 35 percent of children under three are stunted - both evidence of severe malnutrition. Africare’s Mwanzo Bora project (the name means “good start” in Kiswahili) integrates agriculture and nutrition to address a host of malnutrition issues in women and children in rural Tanzania, focusing on the first 1,000 days of children’s lives.
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- Health Care
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- nutrition, public health
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Innovative finance can boost global health R&D
Whatever the exact numbers, few would dispute that only a small fraction of health R&D funding targets conditions in poor countries that account for most of the global disease burden.
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One man’s innovation turns Ugandan hospitals hi-tech
Have you ever wanted to know how many doctor visits you make per year or what your annual expenditure on health care is?
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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mHealth for Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries
Non communicable diseases (heart diseases, strokes, cancers, diabetes, and chronic lung disease) cause an estimated 36 million deaths every year, including 9 million people dying prematurely before the age of 60.
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- Health Care
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