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South Africa: Chinese Enterprises Help Improve Living Standards of South Africans
A report released Thursday shows that Chinese enterprises in South Africa are making positive contributions to the socio-economic well-being of the country. According to the report on the development of Chinese enterprises in South Africa unveiled by the South Africa-China Economic and Trade Association, there are more than 300 Chinese companies including representative offices in South Africa and among them about 140 are large and medium-sized companies.
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- Asia Pacific
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Get generic medicines dirt cheap by month-end
The state government is to launch Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) in 254 locations across the state with an aim to provide generic drugs at affordable prices. The new scheme will strengthen supply of generic drugs in government-run health centres.
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- South Asia
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HIV prevention initiative seeks to break barriers in sub-Saharan Africa
Ntokozo Zakwe went to a health facility to ask for information about safe sex when she was 19 years old but the negative response she received from a nurse discouraged her from going back. Most girls and young women in South Africa who try to seek information on how to have safe sex are either shut down or discriminated against, Zakwe said.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Philanthropy vs. Mosquitoes: The Funders Giving Big Money to Fight a Tiny Insect
Scientists have been researching genetic modification technology for the Aedes aegypti mosquito in a collective effort to stop the spread of deadly viruses. However, as researchers warn, genetically modifying or purposefully manipulating gene pools in nature is rife with complications.
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Five west African countries ban ‘dirty diesel’ from Europe
Five west African countries have announced measures to end the practice of European oil companies and traders exporting “African quality” diesel – highly polluting fuels that could never be sold in Europe.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Yellow Fever Epidemic in Africa Shows Gaps in Vaccine Pipeline
The yellow fever outbreak in Africa this year came closer to being a disaster than is widely recognized, public health experts recently disclosed. The epidemic also revealed glaring weaknesses in the emergency vaccine supply pipeline.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Four Steps to Precision Public Health
When domestic transmission of Zika virus was confirmed in the United States in July 2016, the entire country was not declared at risk — nor even the entire state of Florida. Instead, precise surveillance defined two at-risk areas of Miami-Dade County, neighbourhoods measuring just 2.6 and 3.9 square kilometres. Travel advisories and mosquito control focused on those regions. Six weeks later, ongoing surveillance convinced officials to lift restrictions in one area and expand the other.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Thailand, $3 a Month Could Boost Migrant Health
Among the estimated 1 million migrants living in Thailand along the remote Thai-Burmese border, threats to health abound.Infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, diarrheal conditions and dengue fever run rampant.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia