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Analysis: COVID Has Intensified Gender Inequalities, Global Study Finds
Researchers find women hit harder by negative social and economic impacts of the pandemic than men.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Global
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Global Health Champion Dr. Paul Farmer Has Died
Dr. Paul Farmer, global health champion, Harvard Medical School professor, anthropologist and co-founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, has died at age 62.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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- infrastructure, SDGs
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$150 Million Asian Development Bank Loan to Support Green Recovery, Catalyze Financing Toward SDGs in Indonesia
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $150 million loan to support a facility aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and catalyzing public and private funds to support green and bankable infrastructure projects.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Remedial Health Raises $1 Million Pre-Seed Funding to Digitise Africa’s Neighbourhood Pharmacies
Remedial Health, a healthtech startup that develops solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical sector more efficient, says it has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GIC Invests $170 Million in TPG-Backed Health Firm
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is investing $170 million (nearly Rs 1,300 crore) in TPG Growth-backed healthcare delivery platform Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), making it one of the largest PE deals in the hospital space in recent years.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- data
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Nigerian Healthtech Startup Reliance Health Raises $40 Million Led by General Atlantic
The pandemic has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor interest in the sector.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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Co-op Bank, IFC in Health Equipment Funding Partnership
Co-op Bank has partnered with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to offer loans to healthcare businesses at more favourable terms.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- partnerships
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WHO Tech-Transfer Hub Uses Moderna Data to Make mRNA Covid Vaccine in South Africa
Afrigen is part of the mRNA technology-transfer hub, an initiative set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) last year to develop the vaccine manufacturing capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines