Health

Main Capital raised the Netherlands’ biggest-ever fund on boring software

While public markets panic that AI will gut enterprise software, a quiet Dutch firm just raised €5.25bn on the opposite bet. Main Capital’s pitch: boring, essential software is exactly where the next decade of value sits. Charly Zwemstra…

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WHO holds briefing about Ebola outbreak

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is expected to take questions Wednesday about an ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

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Kwara trains frontline health workers to boost grassroots care

Kwara State Government trains frontline health workers across 193 wards to strengthen primary healthcare delivery and improve health outcomes at the grassr Read More…

Evo Morales warns of civil war from Chapare stronghold: 'I will not surrender'

Evo Morales warns of civil war from Chapare stronghold: 'I will not surrender'

Evo Morales speaks out from hiding in the Chapare jungle as Bolivia enters its seventh week of fuel, food and medicine shortages.

Mumbai local train murder: Airport worker nabbed; how argument over coach door led to stabbing

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Mumbai local train murder: Airport worker nabbed; how argument over coach door led to stabbing

A Mumbai airport worker, Roshan Suvarna, was apprehended in Panvel following a fatal stabbing on a local train. The incident occurred Tuesday night between Andheri and Borivali after an argument with passenger Mayank Lohar over closing a…

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France detects first Ebola case

France confirms its first domestic Ebola case in a doctor returning from DRC. Learn about the outbreak, the Bundibugyo strain, and global risk assessment. Read More: https://punchng.com/france-detects-first-ebola-case/

Makarfi Hospital: Governor Uba Sani Has Reversed Decades of Neglect — District Head

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

Makarfi Hospital: Governor Uba Sani Has Reversed Decades of Neglect — District Head

The District Head of Makarfi, Alhaji Adamu Abdullahi, has said that Governor Uba Sani’s reconstruction and modernization of the General Hospital in Makarfi has reversed decades of neglect and transformed healthcare delivery in the…

Daily Trust

Philippine Daily Inquirer

House assistance desk facilitates P171-M aid to 3,500 beneficiaries

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives’ assistance desk was able to deliver aid worth P171.5 million to over 3,500 Filipinos who made requests in just the first 50 days, the chamber said on Wednesday. According to reports from…

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Releases Experimental Ebola Drug for DR Congo Outbreak Trials

AllAfrica

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Releases Experimental Ebola Drug for DR Congo Outbreak Trials

[RFI] Experimental Ebola drugs are being shipped to Democratic Republic of Congo as the United States releases doses of a treatment for clinical trials in a widening outbreak that has caused more than 1,000 cases and over 250 deaths, the…

AllAfrica

‘No further delays’: WHO chief urges leaders to act amid Europe’s deadly heatwave

‘No further delays’: WHO chief urges leaders to act amid Europe’s deadly heatwave

With soaring temperatures in Europe taking a toll on human health, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged world leaders to “prioritise investment in climate-resilient health systems.”

I had my gallbladder removed. After I got home, the hospital asked me for a donation. Is this ethical?

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