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Initiative aims to accelerate development of vaccines by multiple years for a disease that kills more than 600,000 people annually Fund has raised just over $140 million at launch with backing from multiple major donors Today, Coefficient Giving announced the launch of the Strep A Vaccine Fund, a multi-donor initiative to accelerate the development of vaccines […]
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ByKeren Landman As Ebola cases mount in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what causes the disease—and the risk this outbreak poses to the rest of the world. The World Health Organization has declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in […]
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On 17 May, the World Health Organization declared the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern following a sharp rise in suspected cases and deaths. To date, more than 240 suspected cases and over 80 suspected deaths have been reported. The outbreak, which […]
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ByKeren Landman It’s not extraordinary for a cruise ship to be afflicted by an eruption of infectious diseases. But the recent cluster of hantavirus cases on the M.V. Hondius, a Dutch polar expedition vessel sailing from Argentina to the Canary Islands, was “definitely a surprise,” says Steven Bradfute, an immunologist and hantavirus researcher at the University of New […]
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By Dr. Geoffrey Githinji For decades, we thought we knew the enemy in malaria prevention and control. We knew when it struck, where it hid, and who it targeted. But malaria is changing and Kenya’s response must change with it. As we mark World Malaria Day under the theme, “Driven to End Malaria: Now We […]
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by Nina Helen Hallstrom, Senior Partnership Officer, ADPP Mozambique What if tuberculosis (TB) were no longer a global health threat, because we finally treated it as a shared responsibility? It’s time to turn a shared risk into a shared investment, and in doing so, affirm the value of every life. Every second, someone dies from […]
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