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Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

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Three outstanding African innovators walk away with Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2017.

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Cancer care comes to Western Kenya

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Malaria education in Malawi. Source: WHO/S Hollyman

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Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

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Professor Magnus Knebel von Doeberitz, medical director, University of Heidelberg, Dr Omenge Orango’o, Moi University Nairobi and Dr Gilbert Saggia, SAP Africa’s managing director: East Africa

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Kenyan government challenged to pay striking doctors' salaries

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Kenya needs to combat NCDs through public private partnerships

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Internet.org awards African innovation

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3 Oct 2016

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Big business opportunities ahead for Africa - McKinsey

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Tom Jackson 26 Aug 2016

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

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Margaret Kenyatta and Markus Gemuen

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Merck is sponsoring an oncology fellowship at the University of Nairobi

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L-R: Farid Fezoua, president & CEO: GE Healthcare Africa; Jay Ireland, president & CEO: GE Africa; Dr Cleopa Mailu, cabinet secretary: ministry of health for Kenya and John Flannery, president & CEO of GE Healthcare.

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African campaign reduces stigma and improves care around infertility

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WHO report: Kenyan cholera outbreak

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Cancer care comes to Western Kenya

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Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

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Kenyan government challenged to pay striking doctors' salaries

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Kenya needs to combat NCDs through public private partnerships

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L-R: Farid Fezoua, president & CEO: GE Healthcare Africa; Jay Ireland, president & CEO: GE Africa; Dr Cleopa Mailu, cabinet secretary: ministry of health for Kenya and John Flannery, president & CEO of GE Healthcare.

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African campaign reduces stigma and improves care around infertility

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Translators without Borders ups humanitarian aid in Africa

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Counterfeit medicine trade targets Africa's poor

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