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Vaccines targeting adults, teens best chance to eliminate TB
Targets to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2050 are more likely to be met if new vaccines are developed for adults and adolescents rather than infants, according to a new research.
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Ebola Vaccine Trials May Give Placebo to Those at Risk
As global health officials rush to begin human trials of two promising Ebola vaccines in West African medical workers, a daunting question remains unanswered: Who gets the placebo injection?
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ebola Protective Suits Are In Short Supply
The Ebola outbreak created a demand for personal protective equipment. Clinics can go through hundreds of PPE suits a day. Manufacturers increased production but agencies say there's still a shortage.
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Kenya’s Wananchi Group raises $130m for African expansion
Kenya’s Wananchi Group, which owns the Zuku pay-TV and fibre brands, has raised US$130 million in funding to expand in East and Southern Africa.
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An Unconventional Billionaire Is Revolutionizing Philanthropy By Closing His $8 Billion Foundation
Should charity go on forever? For Chuck Feeney, the answer is an emphatic no--and fellow billionaires, from newly-minted Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, can learn from his example.
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PRESS RELEASE: Freedom from Hunger, Microcredit Summit Campaign launch project to improve maternal health in the Philippines
CARD MRI, Freedom from Hunger and the Microcredit Summit Campaign are launching a joint project called “Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies” to improve health knowledge and promote behavior change for more than 600,000 women by December 2015.
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- Asia Pacific
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OPINION: Here Comes the Internet of Money
A new wave of financial innovation is forming, that could sweep over traditional banking, traditional payments systems, even the traditional idea of money.
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Safaricom, Commercial Bank of Africa launch campaign to deepen financial inclusion
Commercial Bank of Africa and Safaricom have launched a campaign to deepen financial inclusion and access to financial services, targeting M-PESA customers who have yet to start using mobile savings and micro - loan solution M-Shwari.
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