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China’s War On Malaria: A Tiny Nation Pushed Into A Test-Tube
Artepharm, a Cantonese medical drugs laboratory, has been engaged for the past few years in a remarkable venture against malaria, a health scourge that has long plagued humanity and has been responsible for every second human death since the Middle Ages.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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10 Apps That Are Reshaping Healthcare In Africa
As mobile penetration and smartphone proliferation continues its unprecedented surge in Africa, its beneficiaries are spreading beyond the confines of social interactions and brand development. The number of health solutions, exploiting this growth, are also on the rise.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Barbara Bush: How Corporate America Can Mold Global Health Leaders
The Global Health Corps co-founder argues that the nonprofit health care world needs workers with expertise in business, engineering, and communications.
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- Health Care
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Investment in Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical Sector Hits N70 Billion
Investment in Nigeria’s pharmaceutical sector has hit N70 billion in the last four years, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN) revealed to BusinessDay.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Explaining pneumonia’s big global decline on a tiny budget
There appears to be a disconnect between the global burden of pneumonia and how much money is spent on attempting to reduce this burden, which Humanosphere recently summed up as: Pneumonia leads in killing children, but not in global health financing.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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LeapFrog Set To Acquire East African Health Insurance Firm For $18m
LeapFrog Investments and Resolution Insurance announced today, that LeapFrog intends to invest $18.7 million for a majority stake in Resolution Insurance,through its holding company, Resolution Health East Africa Limited.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gilead Buys Shortcut For FDA Drug Review For $125 Million
How much is a fast track for the Food and Drug Administration review of a new drug worth? Try $125 million.
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OPINION: Déjà Rule: The Health Damaging Consequences of Reinstating the Global Gag Rule in 2015
This year, the Foreign Operations Bill proposed by the House of Representatives includes the restoration of $300 million in funding for the successful President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has been chronically underfunded in recent years.
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- Health Care
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