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Africa: Innovators Working to Meet Africa's Unmet Health Needs
allAfrica, 17 April 2019
An exhibition by the 30 WHO Innovation Challenge finalists was officiated by President of Cabo Verde Jorge Carlos Fonseca with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The innovators exhibited… Read more »
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Africa: A World of Health Innovation...
allAfrica, 3 April 2019
Preparing for my first international conference was exciting, but it was also stressful. I wasn't sure what to expect. I just knew that Portuguese is spoken in Cape Verde so I kept… Read more »
Innovators Working to Meet Africa's Unmet Health Needs - VIDEOS
allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo interviewed some of the top 30 health-oriented innovators selected from a field of more than 2 400 entries to the first-ever WHO Innovation Challenge at the second WHO Africa Health Forum in Praia, Cape Verde.The platform was aimed at connecting diverse stakeholders, ranging from government ministry officials and health experts to academics, and investors to support further development and the scaling up of these ideas.
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8 April 2019
Finding a New Way to Fight Malaria
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- allAfrica.com [allAfrica] (Washington, DC)
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allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke with Gérard Niyondiko, an engineer and a social entrepreneur who studied chemistry. He is the co-founder of ... see more »
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16 April 2019
Making Menstruation Affordable in East Africa
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- allAfrica.com [allAfrica] (Washington, DC)
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Femme International, an NGO that operates in the East African region, has successfully developed and implemented a comprehensive education-based ... see more »
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16 April 2019
How to Break Taboos on Sexual Health in Malawi
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- allAfrica.com [allAfrica] (Washington, DC)
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Twambilile Phanga is a Malawian citizen, a researcher, and an advocate who is passionate about projects that promote rights, education and health of ... see more »
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16 April 2019
The New One-Stop Shop App for Health Data
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- allAfrica.com [allAfrica] (Washington, DC)
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The ISS platform integrates several checklists used by health partners when conducting integrative supportive supervision and makes this data easily ... see more »
Some of the top 30 innovators selected from a field of more than 2 400 entries to the first-ever WHO Innovation Challenge showcased their innovations at the second WHO Africa Health Forum in Praia, Cabo Verde.
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allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo interviewed WHO Africa Regional Director Dr Matshidiso Moeti just before they both headed to Praia for the Africa Health Forum conference, which starts ... Read more »
The first-ever WHO Innovation Challenge officialLy opened by WHO Africa Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti and the President of Cape Verde Jorge Carlos Fonseca.
