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4 Ways for the Private Sector to Support Women’s Health
Reflecting on what is needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, I am struck by how much work is needed to secure the place of reproductive health in discussions on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.
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Rwanda to Produce Mosquito Bed Nets
Six companies, including some from Rwanda, have expressed interest in setting up a plant to produce medicated mosquito bed nets to be distributed in the country, a senior official in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM) has said.
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Self-Injectable Contraceptives Could Be Life-Saver in Africa – Health Experts
Self-injectable contraceptives, which are being trialled in Uganda and Senegal, could revolutionise women's lives in rural Africa and dramatically cut maternal and newborn deaths, health experts said on Tuesday.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AstraZeneca Promises to Reduce Hypertension in Africa
To mark the World Hypertension Day, AstraZeneca, a global science-led pharmaceutical organisation, has committed itself to addressing the hypertension burden in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New HIV Vaccine Will be Tested in South Africa
An experimental AIDS vaccine that's worked better than anything else tried so far is going to be tested in South Africa, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank Approves US$200 Million Credit to Support Ethiopia’s Small and Medium Enterprises
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$200 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to support the growth and development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ethiopia.
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MTN & EcoCash launch sub-Saharan Africa’s first operator-to-operator cross-border remittance channel
EcoCash and MTN Zambia officially unveiled a remittance partnership that will enable MTN customers in Zimbabwe’s northern neighbor to send money into the country via the mobile platform MTN Money Wallet.
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United Nations study finds digital payments to Ebola response workers saved lives and $10 million
By using digital payments to pay Ebola response workers, Sierra Leone massively cut payment times, avoiding large-scale strikes and ensuring a stable workforce to defeat Ebola.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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