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FACT SHEET: U.S. Action on Global Development

The White House 21 Sep 2023
For two decades, countries around the world delivered steady and extraordinary progress for millions of people to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of millions of people, while lowering poverty rates and slashing hunger from around the world ... Global Health and Health Security.
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FILE - Saito Ene Ruka, right, who said he has lost 100 cows due to drought, and his neighbor Kesoi Ole Tingoe, left, who said she lost 40 cows, walk past animal carcasses at Ilangeruani village, near Lake Magadi, in Kenya, on Nov. 9, 2022. Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa's 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what's to come. That can be deadly, with damage running in the billions of dollars. The first Africa Climate Summit opens this week in Kenya to highlight the continent that will suffer the most from climate change while contributing to it the least. At the heart of every issue on the agenda, from energy to agriculture, is the lack of data collection that drives decisions as basic as when to plant and when to flee .
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African experts say public health security at stake amid climate crisis

Xinhua 19 Sep 2023
NAIROBI, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The fragility of public health systems in Africa has worsened in the face of climate emergencies like floods, water stress, pollution, and rapid spread of disease-causing pathogens, experts said on Tuesday during a virtual forum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
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East African bloc boosts Kenya's disease surveillance at border points

Xinhua 18 Sep 2023
NAIROBI, Sept ... Fatuma Adan, IGAD head of mission to Kenya, said the equipment, including seven laptops and 37 desktop computers, will significantly contribute to the country's Universal Health program. Adan, who spoke during the donation ceremony in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, ...
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Kenya: Health Secretary Affirms Commitment to Patient Safety Ahead of World Patient Safety Day

All Africa 15 Sep 2023
Nairobi -- Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha has underscored the government's commitment to ensure patient safety ahead of the World Patient Safety Day 2023 set for this Sunday ....
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Takeda investiert über 30 Millionen US-Dollar in fünf neue globale CSR-Partnerschaften zur weiteren Verbesserung der Gesundheit in 92 Ländern

Pharmiweb 14 Sep 2023
Society for Family Health Rwanda, Relief International, Mercy Corps, University of Nairobi und Partners In Health ... USD) für die University of Nairobi für die Einrichtung eines wegweisenden Schulungsprogramms in den Bereichen Machine Learning und Datenwissenschaften mit dem Schwerpunkt auf dem öffentlichen Gesundheitswesen.
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Takeda Commits Over $30 Million in Five New Global CSR Partnerships To Further Drive Health Impact in 92 Countries

Pharmiweb 13 Sep 2023
Society for Family Health Rwanda, Relief International, Mercy Corps, University of Nairobi and Partners In Health ... USD 5.5 million) to University of Nairobi to create a pioneering, public health-focused machine learning and data science training program to strengthen the leadership pipeline and impact of women to improve health in their communities.
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Takeda Commits Over $30 Million in Five New Global CSR Partnerships To Further Drive Health ...

Cadillac News 13 Sep 2023
USD 5.5 million) to University of Nairobi to create a pioneering, public health-focused machine learning and data science training program to strengthen the leadership pipeline and impact of women to improve health in their communities ... of the University of Nairobi.
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News in pictures: Wednesday September 13, 2023

The Times/The Sunday Times 13 Sep 2023
Two Spitfires flew over the Kent coast during an event organised at Biggin Hill by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans ... Sponsored ... Doctors, pharmacists and dentists protest in Nairobi against what they describe as “the deplorable state of healthcare in public hospitals”. Many public health facilities in Kenya lack drugs and essential supplies ... .
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AIDS PROGRAM AT RISK

Independent Record 12 Sep 2023
GLOBAL HEALTH. NAIROBI, Kenya — The graves at the edge of the orphanage tell a story of despair ... Peter's Health did not defame Dr ... It strengthens local and national health care systems, cares for children orphaned by AIDS and provides job training for people at risk.
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Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives

Independent Record 11 Sep 2023
NAIROBI, Kenya — The graves at the edge of the orphanage tell a story of despair ... 8 at an orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya ... Peter's Health did not defame Dr ... It strengthens health care systems, cares for children orphaned by AIDS and provides job training for people at risk ... 15 at the Nyumbani Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Unity across continents and oceans

Jamaica Observer 10 Sep 2023
We must engage in the sharing of knowledge and capacity building to provide the technology and medical supplies for our own health requirements. As we commemorate this memorable day, September 7, there is gathered in Nairobi a summit of African heads to discuss the existential ...
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Kenya unveils plan to end mother-to-child HIV infections by 2027

Xinhua 08 Sep 2023
NAIROBI, Sept ... Susan Nakhumicha, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, said the strategy, dubbed "End AIDS in Children by 2027," would help tackle mother-to-child HIV transmission ... According to Kenya's Ministry of Health, at least 4,000 children are infected with HIV annually by their mothers at birth.
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Kenya’s hard won gains against malaria threatened by surging temperatures

CNN 07 Sep 2023
“The behavior of the mosquito that transmits malaria is changing rapidly and it’s changing because of global warming,” said Gitahi Githinji, group CEO of the nonprofit Amref Health Africa and who is based in Nairobi. “And we are seeing that actually the public health system is not prepared for this resurgence,” he told CNN.
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The Power of Gratitude

Lockhart Post-Register 06 Sep 2023
He had provided a lot of health care and healing to a lot of needy people. As his flight from Nairobi arrived in London, my friend took off his belt and laid it on the seat next to him, preparing to go through the metal detectors ... “The Nairobi Belt.”.

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