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Kenya Makes Medical History as a Robot Just Helped Perform a Major Surgery
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH,N) has attained a significant milestone in East Africa's healthcare sector following the successful performance of what is reported to be the region's first robotic-assisted gallbladder removal procedure.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Against Malaria Foundation Receives US $276 Million Grant from GiveWell
Approximately 90 million nets will be funded to protect 160 million when they sleep at night from the bites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, that would otherwise cause severe illness or worse.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indermit Gill’s Parting Thoughts as He Exits the World Bank
Outgoing World Bank chief economist talks debt and discord, while Germany slashes development aid and low- and middle-income countries search for bankable climate solutions.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
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WHO/UNICEF Report Highlights Gaps in Health Facility Sanitation
The report calls on countries to strengthen routine monitoring and move beyond measuring whether infrastructure is present. Monitoring should increasingly assess reliability, safety, accessibility and cleanliness, as well as whether services meet the needs of patients and health workers.
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- global development, hygiene, research, sanitation, water
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Press Release: Last Mile Health Selected as the 2026 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient
The world’s largest annual humanitarian award for nonprofits is awarded to an organization providing life-saving care in the world’s most remote communities.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Lessons From One of the World’s Largest Health Surveys
India’s recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) factsheets, covering nearly 679,000 households across 715 districts, give us an insight into the largest pillar of the global Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) network.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: The Case for Consolidating Some Donor Activities
Across the major global health institutions, there are processes and systems that either replicate each other directly or would deliver better value if combined. Identifying and consolidating them would free up resources and, in most cases, make the system work better for the countries it is meant to serve.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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WHO’s First Public-Private Council Launched With Business Leaders and the Government of Pakistan to Accelerate the Health Agenda
The Council aims to improve public health, strengthen national health systems, and accelerate progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global health commitments.
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- Health Care
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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