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ISA Saúde Raises $30 Million Series B to Revolutionize Home Healthcare
Led by IFC, the investment aims to accelerate ISA's national expansion, broaden its service portfolio, and strengthen its M&A strategy, consolidating the company as a leading reference in home healthcare in Brazil.
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- Latin America
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Africa is Done Waiting: 10 Key Takeaways from Africa HealthTech Summit 2025
NextBillion was a media partner at last week's Africa HealthTech Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, which focused on the theme: “Connected Care: Scaling Innovation Towards Universal Health Coverage.” NextBillion managing editor James Militzer shares 10 takeaways from the event — and four video interviews with key thought leaders — covering topics that range from the role of the private sector in driving healthtech innovation, to the problem of "pilotitis" and the need for a new narrative around African development.
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- Health Care
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Global Doctors’ Group Sets Ethical Boundaries for Medical AI
The policy, announced from Geneva on October 14, marks the WMA’s most comprehensive effort to address AI’s rapid expansion into clinical practice.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CBC Group Raises $500 Million for Record-Breaking Healthcare Fund
Healthcare plays a pivotal role in this growth, contributing to 20% of direct lending deals in 2024 as per Prospect Capital's analysis of PitchBook data.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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AI-Powered Telemedicine Bridges Prenatal Care Gap in Low and Middle-Income Countries
The AI component integrates deep learning models capable of identifying standard fetal planes critical for prenatal assessments.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WorkAI Receives R $5.5 Million Investment
With this team and the support of strategic investors, WorkAI seeks to establish itself as a benchmark in humanized AI not only in Brazil, but throughout Latin America.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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Temasek Foundation and UNICEF Venture Announce Partnership
Catalyzing a new generation of frontier tech femtech solutions improving health and wellbeing for girls and women in Southeast Asia.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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Kenya Invites Bids for Rural Broadband Rollout Under $390 Million Digital Economy Project
The entire procurement process will be managed under the World Bank's stringent governance framework to assure international bidders of a level playing field.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa