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Gates Foundation awards Nepad $7m health grant
Phyllis Mbanje ·
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) Agency’s Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) and the African Academy of Sciences to provide a $7 million grant focusing on innovative solutions to Africa’s health challenges.
This comes amid reports that African women were facing one in 31 chances of dying from complications due to pregnancy or childbirth.
The grant seeks solutions and strategies to reduce maternal, neonatal and child deaths in Africa.
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