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AI-Powered Telemedicine Bridges Prenatal Care Gap in Low and Middle-Income Countries
The AI component integrates deep learning models capable of identifying standard fetal planes critical for prenatal assessments.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pakistan Introduces HPV Vaccine to Protect Girls From Cervical Cancer, Joining 150 Countries
The goal is to vaccinate at least 90% of 13 million eligible girls during this campaign and integrate the vaccine into routine immunization for 9-year-old girls in subsequent years.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Melinda Gates Announces $100 Million Investment in Women’s Health Research
The partnership is between Pivotal, a group of organizations founded by French Gates, and Wellcome Leap, a nonprofit organization.
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- 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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Africa to Be Hit Hard as UK Foreign Aid Cuts Revealed
A Foreign Office report and impact assessment show the biggest cuts this year will come in Africa, with less spent on women's health and water sanitation with increased risks, it says, of disease and death.
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- Finance, Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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Mexican Plenna Raises $6 Million Series A to Expand Its Hybrid Women’s Health Model
The company operates a hybrid model, combining in-person and digital health services. The funding will support technology enhancement and the opening of new clinics across Mexico.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
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Global Fund Secures Access to Breakthrough HIV Prevention Drug Lenacapavir for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
A pivotal moment in the fight to end AIDS — ensuring lifesaving innovation reaches those who need it most, wherever they live.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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