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Congo Ebola Deaths Surpass 1,000 as Attacks on Treatment Centers go on Opens in a new window)
The WHO is already using another experimental vaccine made by Merck.
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Cholera Outbreak Declared in Cyclone-Hit Northern Mozambique Opens in a new window)
Cyclone Kenneth crashed into the province of Cabo Delgado on Thursday last week, flattening entire villages with winds of up to 280 kph (174 mph) and killing at least 41 people.
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How We Are Developing Immunotherapies Relevant to Africa Opens in a new window)
For developing countries like South Africa, finding immunotherapy solutions is particularly important given the country's weak health system and the high cost of cancer drugs.
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Cost of Cancer Medicine in South Africa
The cost of cancer medicine in South Africa is proving prohibitive to patients getting the care they need.
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In a Poor Kenyan Community, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections Opens in a new window)
Overuse of the medicines is not just a problem in rich countries. Throughout the developing world antibiotics are dispensed with no prescription required.
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How Africa and Asia are Joining Forces on Universal Healthcare
Universal health coverage is about ensuring that all individuals and communities have access to the healthcare they need without suffering financial hardship.
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Kenya Takes New Drug Pricing System From Thailand Opens in a new window)
Kenya will adopt Thailand’s system of drug pricing in a bid to tame overpricing of pharmaceuticals in the country
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Doctors Without Borders Fiercely Criticizes Ebola Outbreak Control Effort Opens in a new window)
The community hostility that is undermining the work is the fault of the response, not the people in the region.
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Why Does Ebola Keep Spreading In Congo? Here's A Major Clue Opens in a new window)
The surge of confirmed cases in Katwa and Butembo – 307 and rising — is now the largest flare-up during the course of this outbreak, which has infected nearly 900 people since August.
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Kenya’s Agenda for Universal Health Care Opens in a new window)
Big data can cut cost of health care by 63 per cent.
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Effect of Novartis Access on Availability and Price of Non-Communicable Disease Medicines in Kenya: a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Novartis Access is a Novartis programme that offers a portfolio of non-communicable disease medicines at a wholesale price of US$1 per treatment per month in low-income and middle-income countries.
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Cancer Drug Pricing Gets in the Way of Treatment in Developing Countries Opens in a new window)
Only 5% of global resources for cancer are spent in the developing world.
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An Experimental Ebola Vaccine Opens in a new window)
Ebola vaccine will be provided to women who are pregnant, marking reversal in policy
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Cancer War Opens in a new window)
What Kenya requires for success.
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Cancer Patients Face ‘Death Sentence’ in Yemen Opens in a new window)
Cancer should not be a death sentence, but in Yemen it has become one.
