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Press Release: USAID Invests Initial $4 Million to Global Financing Facility in Continued Push to Support Health Workers and Bolster Primary Health Care Systems
The initial USAID investment of $4 million to the GFF establishes a trust fund focused on strengthening PHC systems capable of effectively delivering outbreak and pandemic response services in GFF partner countries.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Global
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Press Release: USAID Announces New $37 Million Contract to Strengthen the Capacity of Local Health Entities, Prioritize Critical Health Security Gaps
The Localize Global Health Security project will help advance the second localization goal by issuing grants to local organizations for interventions to address critical gaps in the country’s health security.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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ProLocums, a Gig App Revolutionizing Healthcare Staffing Launches in Nigeria
If you want a ride, you have the Uber app. If you want to buy or sell appliances, you have the Jiji app. So why can’t we have one for healthcare which is one of the most important sectors?
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Does African Health-Tech Have a Funding Problem?
Health tech has become a pressing need in Africa because governments haven’t treated public health with enough urgency.
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- Finance, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: GE HealthCare Awarded a $44 Million Grant to Develop Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Ultrasound Technology Aimed at Improving Outcomes in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries
The grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will facilitate development of AI-assisted applications and tools to enable healthcare professionals with less experience to perform quick and accurate ultrasound scans.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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IFC Invests $50 Million in New LeapFrog Fund to Bolster Health, Financial Services Businesses in Africa
The latest fund will focus on growing businesses in healthcare and financial services by helping companies adopt digital solutions and offer new products that can reach underserved segments of the population.
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- Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Gates Foundation to Accelerate mRNA Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing in Africa and Globally
This new funding builds on the foundation’s previous US$55 million investment in mRNA manufacturing technology.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Response Statement: Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC Remain Committed to Saving Lives and Livelihoods
To enable evidence-based planning for the new phase, the Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC are conducting an audit as part of necessary steps to establish what was achieved in phase one.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa