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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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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
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNAIDS Releases Its 2025 World Aids Day Report: Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the Aids Response
HIV prevention technologies—including twice yearly injections to prevent HIV—have the potential to prevent tens of thousands of new infections in high-burden settings.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Global Fund Raises $11.4 Billion, Including $4.6 Billion From United States
The US pledge is tied to a 1:2 commitment, meaning that every $1 from the US has to be matched by at least $2 from other donors.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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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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