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A ‘just-add-water’ kit to make instant drugs and vaccines could fix health care access in rural areas
A team of researchers at University of Toronto and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering are ... pioneering a technology that could allow people with minimal training to produce a broad range of medication, including diagnostic tools, vaccines, and drugs, anywhere in the world.
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Thanks but no thanks: Why MSF is rejecting donated vaccines from Pfizer
Medecins Sans Frontieres announced Tuesday it will reject an offer of free pneumonia vaccine from pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc, after the company declined to offer a more “sustainable and long-term” solution for acquiring the drug through discounted pricing, MSF officials told Devex.
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Business and INGO Partnerships: Are We on the Same Planet?
At a session on defining the “next generation” of primary health care at the United Nations General Assembly, Tim Evans, senior director of health, population and nutrition at the World Bank Group, said the international development community is suffering from “pilotitis.”
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How China’s Biggest Search Engine Aims to Fix a Huge Crisis in Health Care: A Bot
Baidu — China's biggest search engine — introduced an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot on Tuesday to connect with patients, field medical questions and suggest diagnoses to doctors.
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An Investor’s Plan to Transplant Private Health Care in Africa
The eyes of the private equity investor lit up as he strode across the empty floor of a recently built hospital here. There was not much to see: a stretch of unfinished concrete, and steel bars pushed into a corner.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Revolutionary SA e-Health Innovation hearScreen Goes Global
South African e-health startup hearScreen, which has developed a smartphone app detects hearing loss and links patients to health services, is active in more than 25 countries across the world and planning on expanding to a further 15 by the end of next year.
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Cisco, Narayana Health Team Up to Protect Data in Telemedicine Services
As digital transformation brings more users, devices and applications online, corporates and even hospitals are struggling to protect malware attacks.
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South Africa Plans Health Study to Track Half a Million People
South Africa's government has announced that it will expand the country’s existing demographic studies to create a project that will be the largest of its kind in Africa — tracking the health, income, and educational attainment of around 1% of South Africa’s population.
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