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A Ugandan Scientist Found a Way to Detect Ebola in 5 Minutes but Couldn’t Get Funding
A Ugandan scientist has developed a rapid diagnostic test that can detect Ebola proteins in less than five minutes at the point of care in the community. This is the first rapid diagnostic test that is able to detect various strains of the Ebola and Marburg viruses.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Is It Fair to Accuse the Pharma Industry of Neglecting Tropical Diseases?
When pharma company Sanofi Pasteur was criticised last month for ceasing its production of Africa’s only snakebite anti-venom, the spotlight fell once again on the industry’s apparent lack of interest in the developing world.
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Biotech Firm Xenex Taking Its Germ-Zapping Robots to Africa
Xenex Disinfection Services, a San Antonio-based developer of robotic devices used to disinfect hospital facilities and eradicate often deadly health care infections, is expanding its product reach internationally. Xenex has struck a deal with Serenus Biotherapeutics, which is introducing the local biotech company’s pulsed xenon, ultraviolet room disinfection system to a number of African nations, including Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for Parasite-Fighting Therapies
Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering “therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of some of the most devastating parasitic diseases,” the Nobel committee announced on Monday.
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A Johns Hopkins team designed an Ebola suit so good, it’s going on the market
Youseph Yazdi was surprised by the number of people who jumped in to help design better protective gear for people helping Ebola victims – everyone from freshmen to robotics experts to a wedding-dress maker. But he was even more surprised when the solutions the team came up with at the hackathon at Johns Hopkins University attracted the notice of leading producers of protective clothing. A version of the suit they designed will be manufactured by DuPont and available early next year, the university announced Monday.
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Asia’s Biggest Vaccine Maker to Seek Fast-Track Nod for Dengue Drug in India
Asia's largest vaccine maker, Serum Institute of India, plans to file for fast-track approval to launch a dengue treatment in India, its chief executive said, potentially becoming the first company globally to launch a drug for the mosquito-borne virus.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Smartphone Malaria Tech Makes Debut
The answer to Africa’s malaria challenge could fit in a pocket.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zambian capital can’t quench thirst of its booming population
Dorothy Zulu survives on 10 kwacha ($1) a day and, like the majority of Ngombe's 120,000 residents, spends up to a third of it on water. "If you don't have money here you can't drink water," Zulu told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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