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Gates Foundation Announces $9 Billion Budget, Plans to Cut Staff
The spending increase is part of the foundation’s commitment to accelerate its mission ahead of its planned closure in 2045.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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US Loses Gavi Board Seat After Withholding Funding
In 2025, Trump administration official Mark Kevin Lloyd joined Gavi’s board as the U.S. representative, occupying one of the five seats reserved for donor countries.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Gates Foundation and OpenAI Launch $50 Million AI Health Program in Africa
Rwanda has emerged as the initial testing ground for the Horizon1000 initiative due to its severe health care worker shortage and the government’s proactive embrace of technology solutions.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Alta Semper Secures USD $57.5 Million from EIB Group and IFC for Growth Fund II to Expand Healthcare Access Across Africa
Alta Semper Growth Fund II focuses on scaling market-leading healthcare and consumer businesses that improve access to affordable, high-quality products and services across Africa and other select growth markets.
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- Finance, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mexico Raises Health Taxes on Sugary Drinks, Tobacco for 2026
Authorities say the funds are expected to support health objectives, although the legislation does not explicitly earmark the revenue for health spending, a point that has drawn criticism from researchers and civil society groups.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
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Nestle Infant Formula Recall Widens to Africa, the Americas and Asia
No illnesses have yet been confirmed in connection with the batches of SMA, BEBA, NAN and Alfamino formula that Nestle has recalled because of possible contamination with cereulide, a toxin that can cause nausea and vomiting.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- corporations, nutrition
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Exposure to Hot, Humid Conditions In-Utero Is Dangerous for Child Health: Study
Researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara looked at the effect of prenatal exposure to extremely hot, humid conditions on the health of children in South Asia.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Uber Eats Alum Lands $14 Million Seed from a16z to Fix WhatsApp Chaos for Latin America’s Doctors
Solving the WhatsApp communication challenge in Latin America is critical because, according to Merin, patients in Latin America often choose their doctors based on their willingness to communicate using this channel.
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- Health Care, Investing, Telecommunications
- Region
- Latin America
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