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AMCE Abuja: How Blended Finance Is Building Africa’s Specialist Healthcare Capacity

AMCE Abuja: How Blended Finance Is Building Africa’s Specialist Healthcare Capacity

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AMCE Abuja: How Blended Finance Is Building Africa’s Specialist Healthcare Capacity   The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), Abuja, is providing a practical example of how blended finance can be used to develop specialist healthcare infrastructure and expand access to complex medical treatment in Africa. A new case study by the Impact Investment Initiative

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Rivers hospital gets ICU boost from Renaissance, partners

Rivers hospital gets ICU boost from Renaissance, partners

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Rivers hospital gets ICU boost from Renaissance, partners Demonstrating its commitment to strengthening healthcare in its operational areas, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited and its joint venture partners including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) have donated vital medical equipment and essential drugs to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Rivers State University

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Silent Scars: Health Challenges Plaguing Lagos Leprosy Survivors

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From a distance, the Alabarago Lepers Community in Ojo Local Government Area, Lagos State, might seem like nothing more than a desolate dump site. But within this overlooked settlement lie the stories of people fighting not just the physical scars of leprosy, but also the heavy burden of health struggles, societal stigma and neglect.  

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Universities Showcase NASENI-Funded R&D Products

Universities Showcase NASENI-Funded R&D Products

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Universities Showcase NASENI-Funded R&D Products   Researchers from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho, Oyo State and Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State have showcased their research and development (R&D) products funded by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).   The presentation which took place at Technology Orientation

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Strengthening EGASP implementation in Zimbabwe

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From June 19-21, 2023, a team from World Health Organization (WHO) Head Quarters with support from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), namely, Dr. Ismail Maatouk and Ms. Phiona Vumbugwa, Ms. Venessa Maseko; from Center for HIV and STI National Institute for Communicable Diseases  South Africa visited Zimbabwe to assess the implementation

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Two rescued alive as helicopter crashes in Lagos

Two rescued alive as helicopter crashes in Lagos

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Two rescued alive as helicopter crashes in Lagos By Eyo Nsima Two persons have been rescued alive as an helicopter crashes at Oba Akran, Ikeja, Lagos. The helicopter with registration no 5NCCQ belonging to Airfirst hospitality and Tour Limited crashed near the AP filling station, by UBA branch, causing chaos in the area. .Details coming

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Shell, partners lead in PIA implementation – NUPRC

Bayelsa, Rivers communities get free eye care from NNPC, Shell “Vision First”

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Bayelsa, Rivers communities get free eye care from NNPC, Shell “Vision First”   HUNDREDS of people from Rivers State’s Edeoha community in  Ahoada East Local Government Area; and Bayelsa State’s Onopa Community in  Yenagoa Local Government Area have benefited from free critical eye-care, including surgeries, at the kick-off of “Vision First Initiative”, a community-focused eye care programme

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Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS receives prestigious award for activism

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The Executive Director of UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima has been presented with the prestigious Amsterdam Dinner Award 2023 for her activism and work to end stigma and discrimination around HIV. The annual Amsterdam Diner, initiated in 1992, is the Netherlands largest fundraising event for HIV and has raised millions of euros to support HIV projects around

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United States Commits Additional $112m to Support Ethiopia’s Continued Response to End HIV/AIDS by 2030

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On May 23, 2023, Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy, announced the approval of the $112 million (over 6 billion Birr) Country Operational Plan 2023 (COP23) through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program to support Ethiopia’s continued response to end HIV/AIDS in 2030.

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New cholera cases in Africa surging fast, reaching a third of 2022 total in a month

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Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge. Cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30% of the total caseload reached in the whole of 2022. An estimated 26 000 cases and 660 deaths have been reported as of

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