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Ebola drug trials to be fast-tracked in West Africa
Experimental Ebola drugs including compounds from Mapp Biopharmaceutical, Sarepta and Tekmira will be tested in affected West African states for the first time in a bid to fast-track trials, the Wellcome Trust said on Tuesday.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GE Foundation Expands ImPACT Africa program to Address Critical Shortage of Health Workers in Kenya
The GE Foundation announced today a new Commitment to Action with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to expand the ImPACT (Improving Perioperative & Anesthetic Care Training) Africa program in Kenya.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ebola Death Rate 70 Percent, WHO Says in Dire New Forecast
World Health Organization researchers issued a dire new forecast for the Ebola epidemic Tuesday, one that sees 20,000 cases by November, much sooner than previous estimates. And 70 percent of patients are dying.
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- Health Care
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Use of Thin SIM technology approved in Kenya
The use of thin SIM technology has been approved in Kenya paving way for new Mobile Virtual Networks Operators (MVNOs) to use them for new services among them mobile money transfer.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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M-Kopa Solar Powers Up 100,000th Home in East Africa
M-KOPA Solar announced on Friday that it has powered up to 100,000 homes in Kenya and Uganda within two years of its commercial launch.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Safaricom, Equity Bank thin SIM wars a distraction that should not drag on
Nairobi; Kenya: The dispute pitting Safaricom against Equity Bank over the latter’s plans to offer mobile money transfer services is unnecessary and should not be allowed to drag on.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN announces mission to combat Ebola, declares outbreak ‘threat to peace and security’
The Security Council, in its first emergency meeting on a public health crisis, declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a threat to peace and security and announced that the United Nations will deploy a new emergency health mission.
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The black market for Ebola survivors’ blood
Blood from Ebola survivors is rich with antibodies against the deadly virus, and since there is currently no approved drug to fight it, some have become desperate enough to take fate into their own hands and turn to the black market for an experimental serum made with survivors' blood.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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