UAE — The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has launched the National Nutrition Strategy 2022-2030 which aims to create healthier school settings and coordinate efforts to encourage healthy eating…
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AIIMS restores data 6 days after cyber-attack, says services will take time to resume
INDIA — The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi has said that the eHospital data has been restored on its servers, six days after they were hacked in…
Read MoreBritain, South Africa sign new health and science partnership
SOUTH AFRICA – Britain’s Health Ministers and South Africa have announced a new health and science partnership. The new agreement will see increased UK funding, for nine biomedical and medical…
Read MoreMerck, African First Ladies call action to end infertility stigma among women
AFRICA – Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted their annual conference, the 9th Edition of “Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary” along with African First Ladies of…
Read MoreInnovative solutions for ending FGM in Africa win seed funding and support from UNFPA
AFRICA – Mack Marangu of Enlightened Generation International, Kenya, and Glory Mlagwa of Ennovate Ventures, Tanzania, have emerged winners of the UNFPA’s FGM Innovation HackLab Initiative. The FGM Innovation HackLab…
Read MoreAstraZeneca to acquire Neogene Therapeutics for up to US$320m in oncology push
UNITED KINGDOM — AstraZeneca is set to acquire biotechnology company Neogene Therapeutics for up to US$320 million as it seeks to build its pipeline of cell-based cancer treatments. Though AstraZeneca’s…
Read MoreProf. Laurence Zitvogel to chair EverImmune’s scientific advisory board
FRANCE — EverImmune, a biotechnology company specialized in the development of live biotherapeutic products in the field of microbiota oncology has appointed its scientific advisory board, which will be chaired…
Read MoreTop Indian medical institute resorts to manual operations after ransomware attack
INDIA — The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, one of India’s top medical institutes, has been forced to operate manually due to a ransomware attack on…
Read MoreAWS launches Amazon Omics to sift through multiomic data, enhancing precision medicine
USA —Invent, an Amazon subsidiary has launched Amazon Omics to help researchers sift through genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data. Amazon Omics, powered by Amazon Web Services, aims to help healthcare…
Read MoreKEMRI, University of Liverpool launch clean energy research initiative
KENYA – Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has collaborated with the University of Liverpool to launch a new clean energy research initiative to address the burden of non-communicable diseases caused…
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