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How a Partnership Led an Outdoor Equipment Company to Start a New Division
When Mountain Safety Research, an outdoor equipment manufacturer, donated gear following the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, the team started to ask whether some of its products might be adapted to meet the needs of remote villages. A deep partnership withPATH, a Seattle-based nonprofit focused on global health innovation, evolved over time and eventually led MSR to launch a global health division last May.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sanofi Pasteur Provides Key Support to the Human Vaccines Project
Sanofi Pasteur is supporting the Project by providing research funding to oversee, coordinate and conduct the scientific and administrative activities of the Human Vaccines Project Research Program this year. The funds will be used by the Project to launch and execute pilot studies, build partnerships with and across the stakeholder community, and set up the infrastructure and operational support for the Human Vaccines Project Research Program, according to Sanofi.
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- Health Care
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A Bill Gates Backed Fund Is Investing in an Aussie HIV Testing Company
An investment fund backed by billionaire Bill Gates is pouring $6 million into a Sydney HIV and malaria testing company.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Creating an Uber Motorcycle Service in Uganda to Get Expectant Mothers to the Clinic
Naboth is 25-year-olds, boda-boda driver. He’s shy, and warm. His father passed away two years ago. Unable to afford school, he bought a boda-boda to support himself and his family. His mother then sent him to a PSI-supported clinic to talk to Jane — a midwife.
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- Health Care, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This Is a Global Threat as Big as Climate Change
This morning, I delivered keynote remarks at the release event for the Global Health Risk Framework Commission report on “The Neglected Dimension of Global Security: A Framework to Counter Infectious Disease Crises." The commission, sponsored by the National Academy of Medicine and chaired by Peter Sands, has delivered a very important report on what I think is the issue with the highest ratio of seriousness to policy preparation in the global system. Indeed, for reasons I sketched in my remarks, I believe the threat to global well-being from pandemics over the next century is comparable to the threat from global climate change.
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Vaccine Storage Hubs in Six Tribal Districts
The state government is gearing up to strengthen the immunization supply chain in tribal districts to further reduce vaccine preventable infants' deaths.
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- South Asia
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First Medical Technology Incubator Created in India
India is a country known for its rich culture and amazing food, but for a country of more than 1.2 billion individuals, medical technologies are largely neglected. That is what makes InnAccel such a unique startup. It’s the first and currently only medical technology incubator in India.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Dubai’s Abraaj Group to Acquire a Majority Stake in India’s CARE Hospitals
Dubai-based private equity investor Abraaj Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Quality CARE India Ltd, which runs chain of CARE Hospitals in the country, from private equity firm Advent International, according to a statement.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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