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Donors Commit $240 Million to Fight Neglected Diseases
Bill Gates, the World Bank and other donors are stepping up efforts to fight neglected tropical diseases in Africa and other low-income regions with a $240 million injection of new funding.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa to use Flavored Condoms to Tackle HIV
South Africa has some 6.4 million HIV-positive people - more than any other country.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dabbawallas to Spread Dengue, Malaria Messages in Mumbai
On Monday, the city's 50,000-odd dabbawallas will tag a health message-'prevent and control vector-borne diseases'-to each of the two lakh tiffin boxes that they carry throughout the day.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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USAID, Hillary Clinton Launch Global Development Lab for Game-Changing Innovations
The event will take place in New York, with Hillary Clinton delivering the keynote address, following an internal launch and a USAID town hall discussion earlier this week in Washington, D.C.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Technology
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- governance, nutrition
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The future of nursing: STTI announces new global health initiative
The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) announces the creation of the Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing (GAPFON). The inaugural meeting of GAPFON - a panel of international nurse leaders - convened to establish a global voice and vision for the future of nursing that will advance global health. The panel is chaired by Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Dean Emerita and Professor Dr. Martha N. Hill.
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- Education, Health Care
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UK Drug Firm to Set Up Plant in Rwanda
A Renowned British multinational pharmaceutical, GlaxoSmithKline, has listed Rwanda as one of the places it considers putting up a production plant as part of its move to form innovative partnerships to transform medicines supply in Africa.
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- Health Care
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‘Nothing can stop’ fight against female genital mutilation — advocacy group
More than 125 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation worldwide, and another 30 million are at risk of being cut over the next decade — yet few interventions have focused on stopping the practice, and previous United Nations targets and pledges to end FGM within a generation have failed.
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- Education, Health Care
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UK Drugs Firm GSK Announces Africa Investment
GSK will invest up to £130 million ($216 million, 157 million euros), including £100 million to expand existing manufacturing operations in Nigeria and Kenya and build up to five new factories in Africa, it said in a statement.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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