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Bloomberg Philanthropies steps up in coronavirus fight

Bloomberg Philanthropies is to roll out a US$40 million programme to tackle novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries.  The Bloomberg Philanthropies Coronavirus Global Response Initiative aims to provide support to low- and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on Africa, to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. The Initiative will look at both preventing cases …

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Gates Foundation invests in coronavirus fight

Efforts to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak are to receive a US$100 million boost from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  The outbreak of novel coronavirus has claimed well in excess of 500 lives in China, where 28,018 confirmed cases have been reported and a further 24,702 cases are suspected at the time of writing. …

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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Five years on

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan – the NDA government’s flagship sanitation scheme – reached its five-year anniversary yesterday, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the birth of Indian independence figurehead Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.  “An ideal village will be so constructed as to lend itself to perfect sanitation,” the Mahatma once reflected. “The cause of many of our …

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World Malaria Day: Warangal weaponises sanitation

In Warangal, an initiative is underway to use better sanitation to curb the spread of malaria. On World Malaria Day, it is important to appraise such initiatives and look towards further solutions to build upon the progress made against the disease. Much of the conversation about sanitation tends to focus on the Government’s Swachh Bharat …

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“So we have written to the government”: Doctors fight back against Big Tobacco

One of India’s leading cancer specialists has called for an investigation into the country’s tobacco lobby; its influence over the government; and efforts to derail the country’s tobacco control efforts. A full-scale inquiry Kailash Sharma – academic director of the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai (and a member of an NGO anti-tobacco coalition) – wrote …

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Foreign funding crackdown, detrimental to healthcare?

The defunding of one of India’s biggest health NGOs over accusations of financial mismanagement made headlines recently. In terms of healthcare, will such actions do more harm than good? The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)  had its licence for foreign funding revoked in April. As Health Issues India noted at the time, the move …

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PHFI accused of misusing funds from Gates Foundation; loses foreign funding

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) has been accused of misusing funds acquired from the Gates Foundation. It has been stripped of its right to foreign funding by the Home Ministry as a result. The PHFI is a public-private initiative, launched in 2006 by the then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2006. Its aim is …

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Gates Foundation and India: ties cut or fake news at play?

Ties between one of India’s largest immunization programs and the Gates Foundation have been cut, media reports suggest. However, the Health Ministry dismisses such claims as “misleading.” “Shut the gate” on Gates The Economic Times reports that the Modi government has “shut the gate” on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as far as the …

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Bill Gates looks to work with India on e-health

Bill Gates, American computing colossus and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has announced his intention to work with the Indian government on social projects driven by information technology (IT) and e-health is one of them. Calling government spending on health in India “very inadequate”, the multi-billionaire extolled the virtues of e-health, saying …

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