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Prominent Healthcare Companies Partner With USAID
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced two new partnerships today to add resources and cutting-edge technologies to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Janssen, the pharmaceutical arm of Johnson & Johnson, announced a $15-20 million pledge as part of a new partnership with USAID to combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). USAID will also partner with Cepheid, a maker of molecular systems and tests, to speed diagnosis of MDR-TB through increased access to rapid, accurate diagnostic tools.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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S. African Health Activists Protest Sanofi Over Lack of BCG Vaccine
Sanofi ($SNY) continues to come under pressure from health groups who say the drugmaker has ceased manufacturing the BCG vaccine and created a global shortage of the jab used to treat tuberculosis and bladder cancer.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Anti-TB Fight Has Big Return on Investment, Says Health Minister
Investing in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) offers potentially huge future savings, with an estimated return of $85 for every dollar spent.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Chennai’s New Strategy to Eliminate TB
Thanks to the Zero TB Cities project, if all goes well, Chennai may drastically reduce TB mortality, shrink the number of new cases annually and impact TB prevalence in the city in a matter of 3-5 years.
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- South Asia
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How Innovative Financing and Partnerships Are Transforming the Infectious Disease Product Pipeline
A biotech company CEO approached me at a conference recently with a potential solution for a rapid point-of-care diagnostic for tuberculosis. This is a disease with nearly 9 million new cases and over a million deaths annually, a disease that desperately needs a rapid diagnostic since patients with active TB, if left undiagnosed, can infect an average of 10-15 additional people each year.
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- Asia Pacific
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Vodacom to Scale Up M-Health in South Africa
Eye sight screening, hearing tests, proper heart checks, patient care and round-the-clock pregnancy monitoring – these are just some of the functions that can now be done with a smart phone. These next generation health solutions were launched at GovTech, SITA’s pre-eminent South African ICT conference, and are powered by Vodacom Business’ fixed and mobile infrastructure.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates Foundation Opens Free TB Medicine Gate to All
Tuberculosis (TB) patients seeking treatment at private hospitals anywhere in the state will no longer have to pay for the expensive drugs.
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Big B, Ratan Tata Join Hands for TB- Free India
"If this disease can happen to me, it can happen to anyone", says Mr. Bachchan who himself was a victim of TB in the year 2000.
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- South Asia
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