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The Dream: 90 percent vaccination rate in Pakistan
Neither red tape nor Taliban has deterred Noor Rakhshani from working on a vaccine problem in her Pakistani homeland.
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- Health Care
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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- vaccines
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Doctors Launch Free (For Now) Telemedicine Services in Nigeria
A network of medical doctors will be attending to various healthcare needs of Nigerians through a mobile technology platform when they dial 0700DOCTORS on their mobile phones without any charges.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pfizer, IIT Delhi Launch Incubation Accelerator for Healthcare Innovations
Pharma major Pfizer and IIT Delhi on Tuesday announced the launch of 'The Pfizer IIT-Delhi Innovation and IT program', an incubation accelerator initiative at the institute.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Chancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates to Unite to End Malaria
Chancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates have announced they are to join forces as part of the global effort to end malaria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Developers Asked to Turn to Affordable Housing
About 150 participants drawn from the affordable housing value chain rose from a two-day affordable housing sector dialogue last Thursday with a call on government and developers to consider doing more in the provision of housing for the low income earners.
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- Health Care
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- housing
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Chennai’s New Strategy to Eliminate TB
Thanks to the Zero TB Cities project, if all goes well, Chennai may drastically reduce TB mortality, shrink the number of new cases annually and impact TB prevalence in the city in a matter of 3-5 years.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Where Technology and Medicine Meet in Rural Zambia
When health officer Kennedy Mulenga was faced with a male patient developing breasts at the remote Ngwerere Clinic 30km north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka, he logged onto Virtual Doctors to get help solving the medical mystery.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Health Services Firm Expands Operations to Nigeria
Merck, a leading science and technology company on Wednesday announced the opening of its new office in Nigeria.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- research
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