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WHO/UNICEF Report Highlights Gaps in Health Facility Sanitation
The report calls on countries to strengthen routine monitoring and move beyond measuring whether infrastructure is present. Monitoring should increasingly assess reliability, safety, accessibility and cleanliness, as well as whether services meet the needs of patients and health workers.
- Categories
- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- global development, hygiene, research, sanitation, water
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Press Release: Last Mile Health Selected as the 2026 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient
The world’s largest annual humanitarian award for nonprofits is awarded to an organization providing life-saving care in the world’s most remote communities.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Lessons From One of the World’s Largest Health Surveys
India’s recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) factsheets, covering nearly 679,000 households across 715 districts, give us an insight into the largest pillar of the global Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) network.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: The Case for Consolidating Some Donor Activities
Across the major global health institutions, there are processes and systems that either replicate each other directly or would deliver better value if combined. Identifying and consolidating them would free up resources and, in most cases, make the system work better for the countries it is meant to serve.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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WHO’s First Public-Private Council Launched With Business Leaders and the Government of Pakistan to Accelerate the Health Agenda
The Council aims to improve public health, strengthen national health systems, and accelerate progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global health commitments.
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- Health Care
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Press Release: Cross-Border Impact Ventures Announces US $58 Million First Close of Women’s and Children’s Health Technology Fund II
CBIV invests in companies developing technologies that address conditions affecting women and children specifically, differently or disproportionately at the Series A or B stage.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Philippines-Based Telehealth Platform GoRocky Acquires Women’s Health Startup Kindred
GoRocky, a Philippines-based telehealth platform focused on men’s health and chronic care, acquired Kindred Health, a hybrid women’s health clinic.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Egyptian E-Health Startup Reme-D Raises $1.45 Million Pre-Series a Funding
Founded in 2023 by Salma Tammam, Reme-D develops and manufactures molecular diagnostic tests for diseases including tuberculosis (TB), HIV, hepatitis, and HPV, with a focus on delivering affordable, temperature-resilient diagnostics for underserved markets across Africa.
- Categories
- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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