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Press Release: Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Urgent, Coordinated Response to Record Decline in Global Aid, per New OECD Data
Projections from ISGlobal research and The Lancet Global Health suggest this level of ODA decrease could lead to 9.4 million or more preventable deaths by 2030.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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- data, global development, NGOs, research, SDGs
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Africa CDC Secures Over US$250 Million to Advance Africa’s Global Health Security Agenda at the Lyon One Health Summit in Lyon
Implemented under Africa CDC leadership, this programme will strengthen surveillance, expand laboratory capacity, and deepen collaboration with leading European institutions.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WDI Partners with Villgro Africa and Haskè Ventures to Scale R&D Impact Voucher Model Across Seven African Countries
R&D impact vouchers connect small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) with public research organizations through affiliated researchers, enabling businesses that might otherwise lack resources to access cutting-edge scientific expertise while providing African researchers with access to SMEs that they normally would not be exposed to.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: WDI, Africa Health Tech Summit Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Health Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Africa
The collaboration establishes WDI as a summit and knowledge partner for the Africa HealthTech Summit (AHTS), a premier Pan-African platform convening innovators, policymakers, investors, and business leaders to drive health sector transformation.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Nations Priced Out of Big AI Are Building With Frugal Models
Amid a widening global divide in AI adoption, low-cost AI models that can deliver sovereignty and efficiency with a smaller environmental footprint are gaining ground.
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- Technology
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- Global
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Carbon Capture in Rural South Africa: Projects Show How Fighting Climate Change Can Create Rural Jobs – Research
Our research found that rural carbon capture and storage projects can be more than narrow climate interventions. They can also create broad, real-world gains for people and ecosystems.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change, employment, forests, research
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New Study Shows Clean Cooking Can Save Money, Improve Health In Nigeria
The study was carried out in Alimosho (Lagos State) and Ado-Odo/Ota (Ogun State), two areas that reflect the realities of modern Nigeria, with fast population growth, industrial activity, and mixed-income households.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dangerous Deliveries: Alarming Rise in Mothers Giving Birth Without Clean Water, WaterAid Research Finds
Investing in clean water, toilets, and handwashing in healthcare facilities could cut maternal and newborn deaths in half, for only $1 per person.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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