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Meet the Kenyan Startup Trying to Change Bill Gates’ Mind on Bitcoin
Bill Gates has been publicly skeptical about the future of the payment technology in the developing world.
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World’s First Malaria Vaccine Gets Regulatory Go-Ahead, Faces WHO Review
The world's first malaria vaccine got a green light on Friday from European drugs regulators who recommended it as safe and effective to use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease.
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- Health Care
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Obama’s Top Initiative to Aid Africa Is Now in Jeopardy
As President Barack Obama returns to Africa this week, his major initiative to help the continent double access to electricity is in jeopardy, undermined by Congress.
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WHO: Unsafe Injections Major Cause of Hepatitis Death
In advance of World Hepatitis Day (July 28), the World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to curb millions of infections and deaths from viral hepatitis.
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Bangladesh Backs Mobile Phones to Move Cash Among Rural Poor
Bangladesh, home to the world’s second-largest mobile money company, is moving to consolidate the industry as it expands financial services to the rural poor.
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GE to Launch World-Class Healthcare Training Institute in Nairobi
General Electric Company has announced it is at an advanced stage to launch the first-of-its-kind in Africa institute dedicated to training healthcare specialists and technicians. The GE Healthcare Skills and Training Institute will be located in Karen, Nairobi and is set to open its doors to practicing healthcare professionals and graduate students towards the end on 2015.
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Viewpoint: As Obama Heads to Africa, An Entrepreneurial Approach to Fighting Disease Takes Root
The White House has said that President Obama’s trip to Africa, where he will attend the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, will focus on accelerating economic growth, strengthening democratic institutions and improving security in African countries. When the president arrives in Kenya he will find that new and innovative approaches to fighting disease on the continent have the potential to invigorate progress in each of those priority areas.
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India’s ‘Medicine Baba’ Gets Drugs From Rich, Gives to Poor
Omkarnath spends his days searching New Delhi for drugs. A call to the phone number printed boldly on his saffron-colored tunic reveals his alternate identity: "Hello, I am Medicine Baba."
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