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GAVI Alliance board to consider new vaccine support
GAVI Alliance partners gathered in Cambodia this week for a meeting to determine which new vaccines will be added to its portfolio of support, the organization said on Tuesday.
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Red tape on grant delayed care for HIV patients, says Global Fund
Health ministry sat on a grant offered to National AIDS Control Programme for about 18 months, leading to drug shortages
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- South Asia
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Here’s What Bitcoin Gets Right
Bitcoin gives file-sharing a brilliant twist. In essence, it has created “a decentralized virtual currency that uses a peer-to-peer consensus system to confirm and verify transactions."
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Leveraging Financial Inclusion to Promote Economic Development in Egypt
Egyptian policymakers are facing a significant challenge: how to address acute economic challenges while managing ongoing political and social transitions.
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Global AIDS Response – What Progress?
On Wednesday, in the run up of the World AIDS Day, UNAIDS released its 2013 report on the global epidemic
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GAVI Alliance to support introduction of inactivated polio vaccine in world’s 73 poorest countries
Alliance Board selects additional vaccines to include in its portfolio
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African Medical students join fight against diabetes
Over 5000 medical students at the University of Nairobi, Makerere University and University of Namibia are set to steer the fight against diabetes.
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The Gates Foundation’s Trevor Mundel on the Opposite of Rare Disease
The foundation, started by a titan of capitalism, understands that if it’s going to make any kind of dent in huge health problems, it needs to tap into the resources of pharma and biotech
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