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ExxonMobil Provides New Grant for Malaria
The grants from ExxonMobil and the ExxonMobil Foundation will support a wide range of research, advocacy, treatment and prevention programmes to accelerate progress in the fight against malaria, which still claims more than 627,000 lives each year, mostly children under the age of five.
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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One Stop Shop Toilet Project for Densely Populated Areas of Africa Launched
Poor sanitation and unhygienic practices in urban slums and rural populations have been cited as the major causes of diseases while young children have been singled out as the most affected.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Inside the Technology That Can Turn Your Smartphone into a Personal Doctor
The fantastic tricorder device that “Bones” used to scan aliens on “Star Trek” is nearly at hand—in your cellphone.
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- Health Care, Technology
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iKure – Paving the Way to Accessible and Affordable Healthcare through Software Development
iKure - a Kolkata-based social enterprise dedicated to bringing affordable health care to India’s poorest populations - has created these spot camps as an integral part of their inventive model for a network of health clinics in India’s rural areas. In addition to providing access to doctors and medicine prescriptions, they provide the necessary outreach to tell villagers about where and when the clinics are and how they can access medical consultations and medicine.
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- Health Care
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Janssen and Stop TB Partnership to expand access to tuberculosis medicines
Janssen has entered into a new agreement with the Stop TB Partnership that will facilitate access to tuberculosis therapies in a number of poorer countries.
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- Health Care
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Drug-Resistant Bugs a Global Threat, WHO Says
Germs that defy antibiotics are now a major global health threat, causing near-untreatable cases of diarrhea, sepsis, pneumonia and gonorrhea, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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- Health Care
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Bill Gates Wants To Launch His Own Version Of Shark Week With The Actual Deadliest Creatures
No, not lions, tigers or bears -- the deadliest creatures on earth are mosquitoes.
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- Health Care
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Rohingya Health Crisis In West Myanmar After Aid Groups Forced Out
The United Nations says at least 40 Rohingya were killed there by Buddhist Rakhine villagers. The government denies any killings occurred.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance, philanthropy
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