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First Malaria Shots From Biggest Vaccine Maker Deployed in Africa
Malaria has been one of the world’s neglected diseases, with 95% of cases and 96% of deaths occurring in Africa — many of them in the poorer countries of the continent.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health, vaccines
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The Implications of Global Health Equity: Why Pursuing Equity May Actually Harm the Poor
The concept of global health equity has gained traction in universities, governments, global health organizations and even some businesses. But Paul Clyde at the William Davidson Institute argues that it's important to think carefully about the implications of this goal before pursuing it. He explains how improvements to healthcare in poor populations often begin with improvements in wealthier populations, and how actions taken or discouraged in the name of equity can do more harm than good in poor communities.
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- Health Care
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GAVI Fully Approves $1 Billion African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator to Make Continent Self-Sufficient
New financial instrument will provide strategically timed grants to support and incentivise African pharmaceutical manufacturers to enter into vaccine production.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BioNTech Secures $145 Million to Boost mRNA Vaccine Capabilities in Africa
The German biotech will use the funding to enhance the mRNA vaccine research and development capacity of its facility in Kigali, Rwanda.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Saudi Arabia and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce Landmark Push to Eradicate Polio and Lift Millions out of Poverty
Saudi Arabia and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today pledged to work together to help protect 370 million children annually from polio and lift millions out of poverty across 33 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) member countries.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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Malaria Vaccine Rollout Shines Light on Value of Renewable Power
Millions to be vaccinated in huge public health effort against Malaria, which kills 608,000 a year.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Invest over $75 Million in African Universities for Disease Research
Stellenbosch University, the University of Ghana, and the University of Pretoria are among the benefiting universities.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health, research, vaccines
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Cameroon Begins Routine Malaria Shots in Global Milestone
The global fight against malaria took a stride forward on Monday as Cameroon started the world's first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health, vaccines