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What’s the Real Risk of the West African Ebola Outbreak?
Ebola’s deadly sweep across West Africa has raised global alarm: Nigeria recently became the fourth country affected by the virus when a traveler fell ill and died in Lagos after flying there from Monrovia.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GE Foundation Commits $20-Million to Maternal and Child Health in Africa
The GE Foundation will spend an additional $20-million over the next five years to advance maternal and child health in Africa, an expansion of its existing global health development program, officials say.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Caterpillar Foundation Announces $11 Million in Investments for Africa’s Future Through Water, Energy and Women
Foundation's focus on corporate social innovation helps put people on the path to prosperity
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile tech on the Africa health frontier
Billions have been spent to bring AIDS medicines to patients in Africa, but a technology with just as much lifesaving potential can be had for pennies: the text message.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Target ‘zero’: Going full force against malaria in Asia
Anti-malaria efforts have been gaining significant traction and progress in the past couple of years, particularly in Africa, with a 54 percent decline in child malaria deaths.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Circumcision cuts risk of HIV infection, experts say
[MELBOURNE] Getting men to choose voluntary circumcision is seen as essential in preventing new cases of HIV infection in heterosexual men and women.
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- Health Care
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Ebola risk unheeded as Guinea’s villagers keep on eating fruit bats
Health workers struggle to separate myth from reality of Ebola as residents say abandoning tradition is out of the question
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Meet the Tiny Company Behind the Experimental Antibodies for Ebola
The companies manufacturing an experimental drug treating two American Ebola patients aren't among the largest multinational pharmaceuticals in the world. In fact, leading the effort is a small nine-employee firm in San Diego.
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- Health Care
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