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The Implications of Global Health Equity: Why Pursuing Equity May Actually...
The concept of global health equity has gained traction in universities, governments, global health organizations and even some businesses. The number of yearly publications on health equity was...
View ArticleEthiopia and Global Fund Launch New Grants to Accelerate Progress Against...
Today the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) and the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia have launched the implementation of three new grants worth over US$441 million....
View ArticleAlyve Health Bags USD $5.5 Million in Series A Round
Mumbai-based health-tech startup Alyve Health has secured Series A funding of USD 5.5 million. The funding was led by Axilor Ventures and saw participation from existing investor 1Crowd Fund and a...
View ArticlePress Release: WDI Board Appoints Taylor as New President
After an international search, the William Davidson Institute’s Board of Directors is delighted to announce the appointment of Wendy Taylor as the Institute’s next President and CEO, effective July 15....
View ArticleNigerian Digital Therapy Startup Blueroomcare Secures Pre-seed Funding to...
By Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi The Nigerian startup Blueroomcare, which offers a digital therapy service covered by insurance, has successfully secured an undisclosed amount of pre-seed investment. This...
View ArticleFirst Malaria Shots From Biggest Vaccine Maker Deployed in Africa
By Antony Sguazzin Ivory Coast will be the first country to deploy a malaria shot developed by Serum Institute of India Ltd., the world’s largest vaccine maker, and the University of Oxford. Photo...
View ArticleViewpoint: One Health Approach Can Help Ease Climate-Driven Health Crises;...
By Shyam Bishen It’s official. “Heat” is now firmly on the agenda and in the public consciousness. June 2 was the first Heat Action Day, raising awareness of the detrimental impacts of extreme heat on...
View ArticleCIFF to Boost Access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis With $2 Million Initiative
The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), in partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), announced on 21 July at the 25th International AIDS...
View ArticleNigerian AI Startup, Intron Health, Raises $1.6 Million to Boost AI...
By Smart Megwai Intron Health, a Nigerian AI startup specialising in speech-to-text transcription tools for healthcare workers, has successfully raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed funding round. The...
View ArticleAnalysis: Big Pharma Pushes Early Detection in Africa Cancer Battle
By Martin K.N Siele Global pharmaceutical companies are ramping up a push for early cancer detection as a key step to enhance treatment of the disease across Africa. AstraZeneca, Chinese genomics firm...
View ArticleAfrica Is Beating HIV. But the Rest of the World Is Falling Behind.
By Jess Craig More than a million people were newly infected with HIV last year, adding to the nearly 40 million people currently living with the disease. But for the first time since 1981, when the...
View ArticleEU Creates €32 Million Fund to Boost Drug and Vaccine Production in Ghana
By Michael Sarpong Mfum The initiative, know as known as the Special Measure on Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines, and Health Technologies in Africa (MAV+), is designed to strengthen...
View ArticleReport: 24 Health Supply Chain Innovators Emerge as Market Leaders Across Africa
By Chike Onwuegbuch Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory has launched its latest market intelligence report, focusing on 24 leading Africa-focused supply chain innovators which appear to be on...
View ArticleRecoMed and Kaelo Health Team Up to Simplify Virtual Healthcare Delivery in...
South African e-health innovator RecoMed has formed a strategic alliance with Kaelo Health, a provider of affordable health insurance, to improve access to virtual healthcare services. This partnership...
View ArticleAnalysis: Babies in Nigeria Are Being Born With Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Sepsis occurs when one’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection. It’s a life-threatening condition: globally, it accounts for about 11 million deaths – 20% of all deaths per year. And it...
View ArticleGlobal Fund Announces Emergency Funding to Sustain Essential Health Services...
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has approved US$2.5 million in emergency funding to support the procurement of essential HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria...
View ArticleHealthtech Startup 4baseCare Raises $6 Million for Cancer Care Solutions
Healthcare startup 4baseCare has raised $6 million (about Rs 50 crore) in funding led by Yali Capital, and plans to use the capital to enhance product offerings and scale operations across India, as...
View ArticleHealthCRED Raises USD 1.2 Million in Seed Funding in India
HealthCRED, a New Delhi, India-based B2B healthcare financing startup, raised USD 1.2M in Seed funding. The round was led by Antler India, TRTL VC, DeVC, iSeedVC and Angel List India with participation...
View ArticleMpox Vaccines Likely Months Away Even as WHO, Africa CDC Discuss Emergency
By Jennifer Rigby Vaccines to help curb an escalating mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries may still not reach the central African country for months even as the...
View ArticleKarma Primary Healthcare Raises $1.3 Million in Series A in India
By Gyan Vardhan Digital healthcare startup Karma Primary Healthcare has secured Rs 11 crore (nearly $1.3 million) in Series A funding round led by UBS Optimus Foundation along with participation from...
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