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UNFPA and Africa CDC Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Health and Innovation Across Africa
The agreement cements a shared commitment to accelerate progress toward universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), promote demographic resilience, and build resilient, equitable health systems through innovation and strategic partnerships.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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2026 Gates Foundation Annual Letter: The Road to 2045
"Last year, deaths from HIV, TB, and malaria rose. And in 2025—for the first time this century—it’s almost certain that more children died than the year before."
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Viewpoint: After 2030: Defending the Global Goals in an Age of Retreat
If the SDGs are to be replaced or reimagined after 2030, the most urgent task is to identify what must not be lost.
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- Agriculture, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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Mirova Invests $19 Million in Kenya’s Cold Solutions Kiambu to Scale Climate-Smart Cold Chain in East Africa
The funding comes through the Mirova Gigaton Fund, a blended finance debt vehicle focused on scaling clean energy and climate solutions in emerging markets.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. Formally Withdraws From World Health Organization
Global health experts worry that a lack of international coordination will lead to death and disaster.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Gates Foundation Announces $9 Billion Budget, Plans to Cut Staff
The spending increase is part of the foundation’s commitment to accelerate its mission ahead of its planned closure in 2045.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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US Loses Gavi Board Seat After Withholding Funding
In 2025, Trump administration official Mark Kevin Lloyd joined Gavi’s board as the U.S. representative, occupying one of the five seats reserved for donor countries.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Gates Foundation and OpenAI Launch $50 Million AI Health Program in Africa
Rwanda has emerged as the initial testing ground for the Horizon1000 initiative due to its severe health care worker shortage and the government’s proactive embrace of technology solutions.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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