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Global Business Should Contribute Towards Cost of Preparing for Pandemics
Global business should play a critical role in making the world more resilient against disease outbreaks, contributing to the investment needed to strengthen health systems, respond to epidemics and develop new vaccines and drugs, the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos heard today.
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U.S. Launches ‘Full-court Press’ for a Zika Vaccine
The United States is pushing to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus, a top health official said Thursday, as doctors warn that the mosquito-borne disease, which causes birth defects in infants and is typically found abroad, has become a growing threat in the U.S.
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- Latin America
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ADB Expends Leasing Company Loan to Boost China’s Health System
Despite a reform programme and efforts to scale up healthcare funding in China, the ADB said shortfalls remain in access to finance in some underdeveloped regions. Lease finance, whereby a leasing company buys an asset on behalf of the user and rents it to them for an agreed period, offers an attractive option for hospitals needing high-value equipment, it said.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Dozens of Drug Makers Agree on Effort to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
In an unprecedented bid to address antibiotic resistance, more than 80 drug and device makers have issued adeclaration urging governments to “support investment” in developing medicines and diagnostic tools to combat drug-resistant infections.
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- Health Care
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Motsoaledi Accused of Trying to Control Private Health Prices
The Competition Commission’s private healthcare market inquiry is a “ruse” set in place by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi as a “justification to control prices” in the sector to facilitate the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, the director of the Free Market Foundation, Jasson Urbach, said on Tuesday.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates Foundation Accused of ‘Dangerously Skewing’ Aid Priorities by Promoting ‘Corporate Globalisation’
They are among the richest people on earth, have won plaudits for their fight to eradicate some of the world’s deadliest and prolific killers, and donated billions to better educate and feed the poorest on the planet.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Vaccines Alliance Signs $5 Million Advance Deal for Merck’s Ebola Shot
The Gavi global alliance for vaccines and immunization group signed a $5 million advance purchase commitment on Wednesday to buy a vaccine being developed by Merck to protect against future outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Israel to Provide India With Better, Cheaper Health Care
Already close collaborators in areas like defense and agritech, Israel and India will soon be working together on health technologies, through the good offices of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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