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GlaxoSmithKline Invests £5.85m to Train 9,000 Health Workers in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British multinational pharmaceutical company, has rolled out a three- year healthcare programme to support the training of more than 9,000 health workers in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Why Proposed WHO Reforms Aren’t Enough to Deal With the Next Epidemic
Every May, the members of the World Health Organization (WHO) meet in Geneva for the World Health Assembly (WHA). WHA is incredibly important for how WHO operates, as this is the meeting that determines the organization’s policies and approves its budget. This year’s WHA garnered far more international attention, as it was the first time the member-states were coming together to discuss WHO reforms in the wake of its response to Ebola.
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PRESS RELEASE: Governments take decisive step towards more affordable vaccines
Governments meeting in Geneva for the annual World Health Assembly raised the alarm Sunday on the exorbitant rise in the price to vaccinate a child, and took a decisive step towards addressing the problem by passing a resolution which called for more affordable vaccines and greater transparency of vaccine prices.
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- Health Care
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- supply chains, vaccines
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Merck Opens Telehealth Clinics for Patients in Rural Africa Areas
Merck, in partnership with Kenya Ministry of Health, kicked off their first telehealth clinics at both of Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi and Machacos Hospital as a part of their e-health initiative in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Golden Rice in India: Is It Necessary? What Are Impediments to Adoption?
There is a saying in Chinese used to wish others well that means, “may you never live in interesting times.” In a complex world full of conflict, disease, and death, the idea of living in a simpler world without the plagues of the present must seem comforting to most. Sadly, this is not the world we live in, no matter how much one may wish it into reality. For those living in rural India, life can be a constant struggle.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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- nutrition
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Viewpoint: Time for Decisive Action on Antimicrobial Resistance
A 12-year-old schoolboy from Southern California dies of pneumonia caused by a bacterial infection. A 25-year-old pharmacy worker from England nearly succumbs to sepsis as a result of a urinary tract infection. An Egyptian businessman beats leukemia only to be infected with a resistant type of E. coli. Each of these stories is a real life example of the devastating impact of one of the biggest threats to global health in our world today — antibiotic resistance.
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Clinic where doctors access X-ray reports round-the-clock
Ms Nyokabi Kaguthi runs her dream shop in a field dominated by male medical practitioners. She is the founder and director of Africa Telerad, a startup that provides medical diagnostic reports.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Toilet In Every Home: Zambians Celebrate Sanitation Milestone
A recent daylong event celebrated a milestone in Zambia, where the practice of defecating in the open is all too common. In April, Chienge, in the northernmost province of Luapula, became the first district in Zambia to be declared free of open defecation by the government.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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