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Leading AI Firms, Governments, and Education Partners Launch Alliance to S
Updated : 3 hours, 40 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19: The Global AI for Learning Alliance (GAILA) was formally launched on February 17 on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, bringing together frontier AI firms, governments, EdTech and education leaders to accelerate effective, responsible, and inclu
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India witnessing rapid rise in overweight, obesity across all age groups:
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to UNICEF's Child Nutrition Global Report 2025, launched recently, obesity has, for the first time, surpassed underweight globally as the most common form of malnutrition among school-aged children and adolescents. Today, one in ten children worldwide, nearly 188 million, live with
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Biological E Limited partners with Bavarian Nordic to increase global acce
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Biological E Limited (BE) on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) to expand access to Bavarian Nordic's Chikungunya Vaccine in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
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Mobile Internet Adoption Accelerates Among Women in LMICs, but Further Act
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 17: More women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are using mobile internet than ever before, 1.5 billion (66 per cent ) in total. In 2023, an additional 120 million women connected to the internet via mobile. Mobile remains the primary - and often only - way people
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Let's make ear and hearing care a reality for all: WHO
Updated : 2 years ago IST
It is estimated that over 1.5 billion people globally are affected by hearing loss, nearly 80 per cent of whom live in low- and middle-income countries of the world. In South-East Asia region itself, an estimated 400 million people currently have ear and hearing problems.
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The Need of the Hour: Uniting to Conquer Childhood Cancer
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 15: Every year, over 400,000 children and adolescents worldwide are diagnosed with cancer. While the survival rate in High-Income Countries stands at 80 per cent, it drops drastically to as low as 20 per cent in Low and Middle-Income Countries. On Inte
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Burjeel Holdings Oncology Conference Marks 10 Years, Focusing on Equitable
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19: The 10th anniversary of the Burjeel Holdings Oncology Conference, held in partnership with Foreign Policy, brought together leading global experts to tackle the complex challenges of cancer care, emphasizing the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration. With can
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Illumina launches Global Health Access Initiative to support acceleration
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
San Diego [US], November 14: Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced today the launch of the Global Health Access Initiative to support access to pathogen sequencing tools for public health in low- and middle-income countries (L
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Pharmaceutical Export Trends on India's Exports in Global Markets: PharmaH
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Zirakpur (Punjab) [India], October 16: As per the data released by the Indian Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) and Trading Economics, "The Indian pharmaceutical industry has witnessed a substantial increase in exports in the last few years. In the fiscal year 2020-2021, Indian pharmaceutical e
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Stroke could cause about 10 million deaths annually by 2050: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Stroke, a highly preventable and treatable condition, could lead to nearly 10 million deaths annually by 2050, primarily affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Sepsis accounts for 1 in five deaths globally: WHO chief
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
“Sepsis accounts for nearly one in five deaths globally, and 85 per cent of Sepsis cases and deaths are in low and middle-income countries,” said Tedros in a short video message.
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Secretary Yellen to travel to India for G20 Leaders’ Summit: US
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
On her fourth visit to India in 10 months, Secretary Yellen will focus on strengthening the global economy and supporting low and middle-income countries by advancing the Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) evolution, debt restructuring, and the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Tr
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