World Bank, Gates probe Africa private health care
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The World Bank's private sector arm   and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced   plans to explore private health care opportunities in Africa.
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Global health leaders meeting in Mexico this week want nations of the world to spend more on medical research, not only to develop new cures but to make those now on the market available to the poor.
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A memo at the World Health Organization expressed concern that the growing dominance of malaria research by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could stifle a diversity of views among scientists.
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A portion of sales goes to the Global Fund, which finances health programs in Africa.
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Many African countries now have more medics working abroad than they do at home, research shows.
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Private clinics doing NHS operations have not carried out all the treatment they have been paid for, figures show.
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The death of a young Nigerian woman from bird flu has focused attention on the risk of such human infections in West Africa, where social habits and weak health and veterinary services make the region vulnerable, experts say.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders will lobby the  Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  Wednesday to solve a cash crunch facing its work, seen as vital  for the continent's health, officials said.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers will turn their attention to Africa on Friday and are widely expected to announce a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases.
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While spending on health has tripled over the last 20 years, poor countries are not reaping the benefits, experts warn. BY MICHAEL O BOYLE/The Herald Mexico.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched an international initiative Wednesday to improve the quality of healthcare in some of the world&#39;s poorest countries.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders lobbied the  Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  on Wednesday to solve a cash crunch but were told a new round  of funding was likely to be delayed by several months.
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LONDON -- Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and efforts to improve the status of women around the world, the United Nations said yesterday.
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MEXICO CITY -- African countries are facing a health crisis because they lack enough medical personnel to attend to the sick, a top international health official told a summit of government ministers and researchers Thursday.
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Two years ago, the Government of Tanzania in collaboration with the US-based, Abbott Fund and other partners, pioneered an initiative dubbed Tanzania Care, geared to modernize countryâs public health care facilities and systems.
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African health ministers and UN health experts are to discuss means of eradicating polio.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle has donated $43 million dollars grant dollars to Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit drug company, to aid in the development of cheaper malaria treatment.