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Could a $34 Smartphone Device Improve HIV Diagnosis in Africa?
A $34 device that plugs into the audio jack of a smartphone was nearly as effective as far more costly diagnostic blood testing equipment in identifying antibodies for HIV and syphilis in a pilot study in Africa, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Experts Call for Innovations to Aid Africa’s Healthcare
Local technologies and innovations can transform healthcare delivery in Africa, health experts and biomedical researchers have told a conference.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Only 40% of Ebola Donations Have Reached the Affected Countries
The latest study shows the gap between what the world pledged to give, and what the affected countries really got.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Study Shows the Top Ten Global Health Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Issues
Ten years after the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness reported on the need for better coordination in the global fight against disease, global pharmaceutical supply chains remain fragmented and lack coordination, facing at least 10 fundamental challenges, according to a newly published paper by professors at NYU Wagner and MIT-Zaragoza.
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Mylan to Buy Women’s Health Business in India for $800M
Mylan Inc. said Monday that it is acquiring some women's health care businesses from an Indian partner in a deal that could be worth more than $800 million and help it capitalize on demand for contraceptives in developing countries.
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Pharmaceutical Industry in West Africa Receives a Boost
To ensure affordability, safe, quality and efficacious medicines on the African continent, the West Africa Medicines Registration Harmonization Project and Steering Committee of African Union Model Law, has been launched in Accra.
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New aid model needed or world’s poorest will wait a century for basics
It will take 100 years for some of the world's poorest people to get basic healthcare, sanitation and education services, unless the current approach to aid is radically changed, said a report published on Tuesday.
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Pollution Kills Far More People Than Malaria Or Ebola In The Developing World
Diseases like ebola, HIV, and malaria rightly get a lot of a headlines, because they can kill millions of people very quickly. But there's another problem that affects even more people, and it's not mentioned as much: pollution.
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