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The Global Health Supply Chain Program, the Largest-Ever USAID Award, Is Under Protest
A partnership of government contractors including John Snow, Inc. is protesting the U.S. Agency for International Development’s decision to award its largest-ever contract to a group led by development consulting firm Chemonics International.
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- Health Care
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Pocket-Sized Fingerprint Scanner Could Solve Healthcare Bottleneck
British postgraduate students have devised a pocket-sized fingerprint scanner designed to help patients in the developing world get improved access to healthcare.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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World Bank $500 Million Facility and Improving Maternal and Child Health in Nigeria
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group, last month, approved a $500 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for Nigeria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Saving Nepal: The Information Revolution
Communities impacted by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake (and subsequent aftershocks) that struck Nepal on April 25th have a variety of needs, stemming from immediate protection of physical safety and security, access to life saving services, and basic subsistence (food, clean water, shelter) and psycho-social support in the aftermath of an extremely traumatic event. In the case of Nepal and the city of Kathmandu, recent reports suggest that the capital city’s critical infrastructure and services were not sufficiently resilient to protect against an earthquake, that the topography of the region is such that landslides remain a concern, and that socio-cultural factors like caste-based discrimination makes some communities more vulnerable than others.
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- South Asia
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- philanthropy
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In a Slum in Kenya, Help Is Just a Click Away
In a Nairobi, Kenya, slum, residents used technology to map the area, a key first step in solving problems from waste removal to street lighting. Those with phone can now report problems more accurately.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopia Offers 100% FDI Facility to India for Healthcare
Ethiopia offered 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) facility to India for setting up hospitals and other healthcare facilities in Ethiopia. The host country will acquire land for Indian entrepreneurs and offer other incentives and tax facilities as well.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Solid, heat-resistant vaccine to ease immunisation processes
EU researchers have set out to substitute liquid and freeze-dried vaccines for new, solid state candidates. If successful, the research will enable the large scale production of new virosome-based vaccines with increased stability, longer shelf life and less invasive administration methods.
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Experts: South Africa should invest in public toilets to combat sexual assault
Investing in public toilets could reduce the number of sexual assaults in South African townships by almost a third and lower the economic cost of the crime on society, public health experts said on Wednesday.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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