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UN Authorizes a Second Malaria Vaccine. Experts Warn It’s Not Enough to Stop the Disease Spreading
Neither of the malaria vaccines stop transmission so immunization campaigns alone won’t be enough to stop epidemics.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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P1 Ventures Closes $25 Million of its Second $50 Million to Back Early-stage Startups
According to Hajjar, P1 Ventures is motivated to deviate from the norm and support the underdogs because it comes from a relatively small economy.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Comes to Africa
To run the facility, BioNTech is committed to hiring employees locally and within the African Union.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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29 African Healthcare Supply Chain Startups Receive Funding, Support from i3 Programme
The 29 startups chosen operate in 21 different African countries, delivering digitally-enabled healthcare supply chain solutions.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Big Pharma’s Johnson & Johnson Under Investigation in South Africa over ‘Excessive’ Drug Prices
An investigation has been opened based on information that the companies “may have engaged in exclusionary practices and excessive pricing” of the tuberculosis drug bedaquiline.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- distribution
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£15 Million Funding to Strengthen Health Workforce in Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana
The UK will provide a multi-million pound boost to support healthcare staff recruitment and retention in these 3 African countries.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: New Report from Essity Links Gender Equality to Global Health and Well-Being
This is one of several findings in Essity's Health and Hygiene Report 2023-2024, linking gender equality, care, and prevention to personal well-being and public progress, emphasizing the need for joint action to effect change.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Africans Secured 60% Of the Gates Foundation’s $5 Million Fund for Health-Focused AI Projects
Gates Foundation has selected 29 African researchers for its inaugural $5 million Grand Challenges fund for AI project targeted towards global health.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa