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Nigeria: Vaccine Bill to Hit U.S. $345 Million as Donor Support Vanishes
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says government spending on immunisation is expected to top $345 million a year by 2022 when international funding support from the Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (GAVI) is completely withdrawn.
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No Radiotherapy, No MRI, No Money: Uganda’s Health Funding Crisis
Monday 11 April was not a normal day in the radiotherapy clinic at the Mulago National Referral hospital in Kampala.
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J&J Ebola Vaccine Has Promise as Wider Test Awaits Next Outbreak
An experimental Ebola vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, boosted by a second immunization shot from biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic A/S, generated a powerful immune response among volunteers in its first tests in humans.
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Ethiopia Banks on Mobile Money for Financial Growth
Outside a small store on a dirt track in the remote Ethiopian town of Doni, long queues wait for government cash handouts by the most modern of methods: mobile phone.
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USAID to Support 1,500 Social Entrepreneurs in Uganda
As many as 1,500 social entrepreneurs in Uganda will this year receive training, coaching and mentoring, thanks to a partnership between U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Foundation Uganda Ltd, a social enterprise support system.
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Namibia’s First School of Pharmacy: From Creation to Graduation
On April 24, 2015, the first class of students graduated from the B.Pharm program at the University of Namibia (UNAM)–the first and only pharmacy degree program in the country. With the help of the USAID-funded SIAPS program, the Namibian Ministry of Health and Human Services was able to conceive, establish, and encourage enrollment in the B.Pharm degree. The graduation of the country’s first locally educated pharmacists constitutes a major step forward in alleviating the country’s dire shortage of pharmacy staff and helping to meet the health care needs of the largely underserved Namibian population.
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Ghana’s Startup Bub Pioneer Is Going Pan-African With a $50 Million Fund
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has built one of Africa’s best known startup ecosystems in Accra, Ghana over the last eight years—and now it’s doubling down on a push to take its vision pan-African.
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In the Birthplace of Mobile Money, Kenyans Prefer Paying Cash for Uber
Despite fierce opposition from traditional taxi drivers, Kenya has become one of Uber’s fastest-growing African markets, and allowing cash payments played a crucial role in the growth, according to Alon Lits, Uber general manager for sub-Saharan Africa.
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