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USAID Seeks Help From ‘Maker Movement’ in Ebola Outbreak
On a recent Friday, several inventors gathered in downtown Washington with suitcases and coolers full of prototypes designed to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus.
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- Health Care
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Merck Partners With NewLink To Speed Up Work On Ebola Vaccine
It's now Goliath versus Goliath in the quest for an Ebola vaccine.Until now, the two leading candidates for a vaccine to protect against the Ebola virus were being led by global pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline on the one hand, and a tiny company in Ames, Iowa, that was virtually unknown, on the other.
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- Health Care
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New Policy Could Unlock the Gates Foundation, Bring Transparency to Research
One of the biggest private foundations in the world just took a step toward becoming more open with the research it funds.
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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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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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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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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