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Viewpoint: Unequal COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Shows ‘It’s Business as Usual in Global Health’
Almost 130 countries with a population of over 2.5 billion had yet to vaccinate anyone.
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Philippines Offers Nurses in Exchange for Vaccines From Britain, Germany
The Philippines will let thousands of its healthcare workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree to donate much-needed coronavirus vaccines, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Press Release: $1 Million DFC Equity Investment in Kasha Global Inc. Supports Women’s Health in East Africa
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today announced the disbursement of a $1 million equity investment in Kasha Global Inc., an e-commerce company that provides women’s health and personal care products to customers in Rwanda and Kenya, alongside investments from Finnfund and Swedfund.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Adjuvant Capital Announces $300 Million Venture Fund Designed to Improve Global Public Health
Adjuvant Capital today announced an oversubscribed $300 million fund focused on accelerating the development of medical innovations for historically overlooked public health challenges. Launched in 2019, Adjuvant's debut fund will support promising new technologies for indications that the venture capital industry has largely ignored.
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- Health Care
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Viewpoint: Gasping for Breath: COVID-19 Has Exposed the World’s Medical Oxygen Crisis
After years of campaigning, the pharmaceutical industry is inching forward in providing access to life-saving medicines in low-income countries, though much remains to be done.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Maya, a Startup Focused on Accessible Healthcare in Asia, Raises $2.2 Million Seed for Regional Expansion
Maya is dedicated to making it easier for women to get healthcare, especially for sensitive issues like reproductive and mental health.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Indian Health Tech Startup Phable Raises $12 Million to Serve Patients With Chronic Conditions
Hundreds of millions of people in India suffer from chronic diseases. One of the biggest challenges they face is the volume of transactions they have to manage each day. There are appointments with doctors and labs for tests, purchasing of medicines, medical devices and insurance, and keeping a log of their test results.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Vaccines prevented 37 million deaths in LMICs in the last 20 years
These are the findings of the most comprehensive study of the impact of vaccination programmes yet undertaken, published today in The Lancet.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- coronavirus, healthcare, LMICs, social impact, vaccines
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