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Analysis: Climate-Smart Public Health: A Blueprint for Resilient Health Systems
When different types of data are brought into one platform, researchers and climate and health practitioners can better understand how environmental changes lead to infectious diseases, etc.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Gates Foundation Pledges $2.5 Billion to Women’s Health Initiatives
This is the largest funding commitment the Gates Foundation has made in women’s health.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Global
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W Health Ventures Unveils $70 Million Fund II to Ignite Healthcare Startups
The newly established Fund II aims to support between eight to ten startups over the next four years.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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WHO, UNICEF Update Country Tracker on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Health-Care Facilities, Showing Progress Across 107 Countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have released an updated country progress tracker that shows how countries are advancing efforts to improve water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and waste services in health-care facilities.
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Boehringer Ingelheim Invests in Kasha Global to Expand Women’s Health Access in Africa
Kasha Global operates a distribution model designed to reach underserved populations where 52% of Africans lack access to necessary healthcare.
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- Education, Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. Program to Combat HIV/Aids Survives Latest Round of Cuts
Earlier versions of a spending cuts package passed through Congress targeted PEPFAR. But the White House, concerned about defections, agreed to spare the foreign aid program.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Report: Cleaner Cooking Could Save 4.7 Million Lives in Africa by 2040, IEA Says
African homes switching to biogas could prevent 4.7 million premature deaths between now and 2040, according to a report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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- Energy, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AfDB, Partners Launch $264 Million Infrastructure Project in Southern Nigeria
The five-year plan includes rehabilitating 248 km of roads, restoring two erosion sites, and implementing solid waste management through public-private partnerships.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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