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Japanese Encephalitis: China Denies India’s Request for Additional Doses of Vaccine
China has refused to supply additional doses of the Japanese encephalitis vaccine to India, raising concerns over control of the mosquito-borne disease which intensifies during the rainy season.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- vaccines
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Ebola’s low-down on high tech
Advanced equipment has been developed to help protect health-care workers, but the gear may not be helpful in poor countries.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates Foundation makes its biggest-ever equity investment in German biotech
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it would invest $52 million in CureVac, a German biotechnology company that develops vaccines and immunotherapies, marking the foundation's biggest-ever equity investment.
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- Health Care
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Mister Sister clinics roll on
The Mister Sister initiative started almost three years ago is making a positive contribution at enhanced access to primary health care in rural and remote populations in the Otjozondjupa, Omaheke and Khomas Regions.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Here’s Why Global Health is So Exciting
Two examples provide clues to how technology is paving the way to tackle big healthcare problems globally.
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- Education, Health Care
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Mobile Connectivity Kiosks ‘EkoConnect’ to Debut in Rwanda
Ericsson, Coca-Cola, Tigo and SolarKiosk are partnering on a social enterprise initiative called ‘EkoConnect’ that is designed to provide safe water, solar power, mobile communications as well as basic goods and services to underserved communities in Rwanda.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Health Justice Partnership calls for action to lower drug prices
Yale’s Global Health Justice Partnership has released a report warning the international community that scientific discoveries will not be enough to prevent the over 500,000 deaths that occur every year from Hepatitis C.
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Bill Gates on philanthropy and optimism
Billionaire talks about how he and Canada work together, the setbacks Ebola represents—and why he has a positive outlook.
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- Health Care
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