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Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat
The medical aid group -- Doctors without Borders -- warns that drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global threat. It says despite the growing number of cases, there are no effective treatments.
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- Health Care
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- vaccines
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Huge Opportunities Await Indian Health Investors in Africa
In 2012, Africa accounted for almost a quarter of India's drug exports.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Health in Urban Slums Depends on Better Local Data
Data collection in urban areas should also be interdisciplinary; involving epidemiologists, toxicologists, urban planners and environmental scientists among other experts, according to Sotiris Vardoulakis, air pollution and climate change group leader at the UK government agency Public Health England.
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Bottom Of The Pyramid Overspending On Mobile Services in Africa
Expert at a World Consumer Rights Day event in Nairobi said on Friday poor African’s are spending too much on mobile phone services to the extent of foregoing basic needs, ITWeb Africa reported.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Accion Microfinance Bank Share capital Reaches N1.205bn in Nigeria
The micro finance bank’s robust financial base reflects on over N21.7billion disbursed in loans to more than 110,000 customers since inception.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s Safaricom Plans to Disrupt Mobile Market with Contactless Transactions
For a successful deployment, Safaricom is expected to build an NFC infrastructure countrywide, just like it did with its mobile money agents so as its subscribers can pay for services and buy goods anywhere in the country.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda Telecom to Upgrade Mobile Money Platform
Uganda telecom, a partially state owned telecommunication service provider, has signaled it will embark on upgrading its mobile money banking platform, M-Sente, in the next two weeks to enable their customers enjoy the service flawlessly.
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PRESS RELEASE: Western Union Expands Mobile Money Transfer Network in Nigeria
New relationship with Paga gives more than 1.2 million Paga subscribers access to Western Union services.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa