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MRC Injects R10M Into Fight Against Life Threatening Health Conditions
CAPE TOWN- The Medical Research Council (MRC) has put up R10 million to boost the development of medical technology and programmes focused on the reduction of life-threatening health conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Specific emphasis will be placed maternal and child health care.
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Australian project to improve water delivery in urban slums gets $27m funding
Prof Rebekah Brown, the director of the Sustainable Development Institute at Melbourne’s Monash University, has been awarded a $14m research grant by the Wellcome Trust’s Our Planet Our Health awards in the UK. A further $13m from the Asian Development Bank would cover infrastructure and construction costs.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Doctors Without Borders Objects to Sanofi Receiving an Exclusive License for a Zika Vaccine
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Monday objected to the US government’s granting of an exclusive patent license to Sanofi Pasteur for a developing Zika vaccine, though Sanofi fired back on Tuesday explaining the risks of developing such a vaccine.
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Pankaj Patel owned Cadila ups its India game with AZ’s brands
UK drug maker AstraZeneca has divested its brands in anti-infective and women’s health portfolio to Zydus Healthcare, a subsidiary of Cadila Healthcare as the company narrows down its therapy areas.
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- South Asia
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Health-e News: DIY test for HIV comes to a pharmacy near you
It’s as simple and easy as a home pregnancy test. HEALTH-E NEWS writer Amy Green went through the process of self-testing for HIV.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wearable brain scanner among healthcare innovations
A low-cost, brain-scanning device for detecting neurological emergencies swiftly, a biochip integrated with smart phone for DNA-based test malaria test, a point-of-care microscope that detects infection using artificial intelligence (AI) are some of the top 20 ventures selected in the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge (TSEC) 2016-2017.
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Lack of money forces closure of 11 UN health clinics in Sudan
Eleven health facilities in Sudan, funded by the UN and serving people displaced by conflict in the region, have been forced to close due to lack of money. Funding shortfalls also threaten the closure of a further 49 clinics in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, with $7m (£5.69m) required to keep the facilities open for another year, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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- Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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This 20-cent whirligig toy can replace a $1,000 medical centrifuge
Centrifuges, which separate materials in fluids by spinning them at great speed, are found in medical labs worldwide. But a good one could run you a couple grand and, of course, requires electricity — neither of which are things you’re likely to find in a rural clinic in an impoverished country.
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- Health Care
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