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AFRICA – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an investment of US$6.8 million to extend the work of the Trypa-NO! partnership for a further 3 years. The Trypa-No! Partnership…
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INDIA – The Serum Institute of India (SII) has announced the launch of its indigenously-developed quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) in a bid to combat HPV-linked cervical cancer in the…
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KENYA – Kenya’s online pharmacy MYDAWA has secured US$1.2 million in funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch the first Kenyan telehealth solution tailored to boost Human…
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SENEGAL – The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD), a biomedical research center in Senegal, has initiated a new program to advance the development of a measles and rubella (MR) vaccine…
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GERMANY —The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a US$1.2 billion commitment to aid in the global effort to eradicate polio. The disease is endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan,…
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ZIMBABWE – The Republic of Zimbabwe has linked up with Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners to implement polio surveillance strengthening activities in the wake of wild-polio outbreak in neighboring…
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AFRICA – Thirty African e-health startups have been selected to take part in the pan-African Investing in Innovation (i3) programme in ongoing efforts to enhance healthcare delivery in the region.…
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UNITED KINGDOM – The Gates Foundation and European Investment Bank (EIB), have announced a strengthened partnership that will boost investment in human development. The partnership will aim to improve health,…
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SOUTH AFRICA – South African Startupbootcamp AfriTech (SBC) has partnered with Moroccan consulting firm Southbridge A&I and its Canadian partner Salient Advisory to launch a US$7 million innovator support program…
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USA – Biomarker discovery firm Sapient has received a US$9.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for mass spectrometry-based metabolomic biomarker studies. The company said it will…
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