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Global Heat Wave Days Jump to 19.3 a Year: Women in Low- and Middle-Income Nations at High Risk
A review conducted by researchers from The George Institute for Global Health and Imperial College London has found that most heat adaptation efforts in LMICs continue to focus on infrastructure and climate mitigation, with limited attention to health outcomes and significant gaps in gender inclusion.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: Babyl Paradox: When Evidence-Based Digital Success Cannot Beat Corporate Failure
A platform delivering superior healthcare outcomes became another cautionary tale of corporate failure.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Clean Cooling Collaborative Receives $30 Million Gift to Expand Access to Efficient, Climate-Friendly Cooling
By making cooling solutions more sustainable — and expanding access to them — we can protect people and the planet.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Standard Chartered Leads $200 Million Article 6 Bond For Clean Cooking In Ghana
The instrument, issued by the World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), is designed to channel private capital into projects that cut emissions while addressing public health and social challenges linked to traditional cooking fuels.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gavi and World Bank Group Deepen Collaboration to Boost Health System Resilience and Regional Vaccine Manufacturing
World Bank Group and Gavi sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen immunisation, primary healthcare and regional vaccine manufacturing.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The World is Losing the Fight Against Malaria: Could Drones and AI Help Defeat the Disease Once and For All?
The fight against malaria has been one of the great global health success stories of the 21st century, as efforts to defeat the disease have prevented an estimated 2.2 billion malaria cases and saved 12.7 million lives. But as Yosuke Kaneko at SORA Technology explains, this progress has stalled in recent years — and as global development funding dries up, there are worrying signs that the problem could get worse. He argues that this situation calls for an openness to new, tech-driven solutions, and explores how SORA Technology is using drones equipped with AI-powered cameras to target mosquito breeding sites and eradicate the disease at its source.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Mauritania Now Offers the Six-In-One Childhood Vaccine. Here’s Why That Matters
In a country where the infant mortality rate stands at 28.5 deaths per 1,000 live births as of 2025, every improvement in vaccination coverage is a potential leap forward.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sentinel Awarded $100 Million to Prevent Pandemics
MacArthur’s Board selected Sentinel from five Finalists in its third round of 100&Change, a global competition to fund a single proposal that promises real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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