Africa: U.S. Corporation Danaher Requested to Reduce Medical Tests Prices: [MSF] Geneva — In September 2023, the US corporation Danaher, which owns diagnostics maker Cepheid, announced a price reduction of the primary GeneXpert test used to diagnose tuberculosis (TB), from US$ 9.98 (R181,54) to $ 7.97 (R144,98), amid pressure from TB activists. Since then, officials from the Ministries of Health of Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ukraine, Belarus and several other low- and middle-income countries have written to Danaher, requesting that the price of the tests for HIV, hepatitis and drug-resistant TB – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Leaders Must Unite to Prevent Pandemics – Report: [The Independent Panel] Madrid — New report led by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark proposes actions that must be implemented to help make the world safer – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Qatar Steps Up Aviation Rivalry in Africa With Billion-Dollar RwandAir Stake: [Business Day Africa] Qatar Airways is set to acquire a 49 percent stake in RwandAir next month, concluding nearly five years of negotiations with the East African-based carrier. – AllAfrica News: Africa
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