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U.S. Court Upholds United Nations’ Immunity in Cholera Suit
A United States federal appeals panel has upheld that the United Nations cannot be sued in American courts, dealing a setback in a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of thousands of cholera victims in Haiti.
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- Health Care
- Region
- North America
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Wambo.org – the New Online Marketplace
At the end of May 2016, the Global Fund formally announced wambo.org, a new online marketplace where currently implementers of Global Fund grants can check prices and place orders for directly for medicines, other health products and non-health commodities. There are plans to expand the reach of wambo.org even further.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Opinion: Asia’s Pharma Investment Shows the Benefit of Patent Protection
Next month in New York the United Nations will launch its long-awaited High Level Report on access to medicines. The U.N. hopes this will resolve the debate around intellectual property rights and access to medicines.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- academia, public health
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One Innovative Company is Helping the Fight Against Dengue
Philab Industries, a pioneer in the healthcare business in the Philippines, is expanding to healthcare science and technology bringing in the most advanced diagnostic tools to the country.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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A Better (Smelly) Mosquito Trap, but With Caveats
A new type of mosquito trap running on solar electricity and using human odor as bait has cut mosquito populations by 70 percent in a test on a malaria-ridden island in Kenya, according to a new study.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bill Gates fund invests in Australian start-up Atomo
An investment fund backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates has taken a multimillion dollar stake in an Australian biotech start-up. Atomo Diagnostics has invented quick, cheap and accurate tests for HIV, malaria and Ebola.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Bill Gates fund invests in Australian start-up Atomo
An investment fund backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates has taken a multimillion dollar stake in an Australian biotech start-up. Atomo Diagnostics has invented quick, cheap and accurate tests for HIV, malaria and Ebola.
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- Health Care
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Narayana Health Launches Robotic Surgery Training Program
With training and skill sharing being the prime most factors determining a surgeon's success in robotic surgery, Bengaluru based Narayana Health on Thursday launched a robotic surgery training programme.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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