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Mart to take GE medical devices to rural India
Taking a cue from the success story in Bangladesh, rural marketing consultancy firm Mart is chalking out plans to introduce low-cost ultrasound devices in Indian villages.
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EU and UNICEF boost their partnership to improve child and maternal health and to save more children
The European Union announced today that it has allocated €320 million ($431 million) through UNICEF to improve the health and nutrition of children and women in 15 developing countries and to help speed progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
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Big pharma and healthcare providers join forces to promote wellbeing
With cash-strapped healthcare systems around the world struggling, is it time to call on pharmaceutical companies for new innovation?
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Duke Global Health Institute unveils cancer prevention partnership in Tanzania
The Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Cancer Institute have collaborated on a new Global Cancer Initiative that will be launched in Tanzania.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank Holds First Forum On Development of Health in Africa
Convinced that investing in health is a prerequisite for economic growth, the African Development Bank, in partnership with Groupe Jeune Afrique, is organizing the Africa Health Forum, the first public-private forum on Africa's health economy.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Govt creating India Inclusive Innovation Fund with initial corpus of $80M
Registered as venture capital entity, it is targeting to take the total investible funds to around $800 million in two years.
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PPP can help Africa’s health future
The future of Africa's health sector lies in the bosom of Public- Private- Partnership (PPP) and there is no option, Dr khama Rogo, Head of the International Finance Cooperation (IFC) Health in Africa Initiative said Wednesday.
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Philips India & PGIMER showcase mobile health outreach programme Asha Jyoti in New Delhi
Philips Healthcare’s flagship Women's Healthcare Outreach Mobile programme, Asha Jyoti, has collaborated with Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), and the non-governmental organization RAD-AID to screen 4000 women in less than 20 months.
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- South Asia
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