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Social Enterprise in Haiti: An oxymoron or a reality?
More than two dozen development-minded thinkers and doers convened in Cambridge, Mass., for a competition-based workshop designed to find a market-based solution to cholera in Haiti. The winning idea, which includes recruiting and training “community chlorinators,” is expected to be up and running by this time next year.
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- Education, Environment, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Wipe out malaria by wiping out worst poverty
FRIDAY is Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Malaria Day, when Sadc health ministers meet in Malawi. The theme is, "Be free of malaria in the Sadc region." This is a goal that is quite achievable, as members have made great strides in their effort to eliminate malaria. According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) World Malaria Report 2012, globally, about 3.3-billion people were at risk of malaria in 2011. Populations living in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest risk of being infected; about 80% of cases and 90% of deaths occur in Africa; and children under five years of age and pregnant women are most affected.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Healthcare on the cheap – innovations from Appropriate Healthcare Technologies event
It takes years for a manufacturer to demonstrate that a new medical device is effective and safe. But, if a less-than-perfect, cheaper innovation can save lives in the developing world, it should be made available, said speakers at the Appropriate Healthcare Technologies event in London, UK. Ledetta Asfa-Wossen reviews four design innovations.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN and World Bank to boost support for women’s health, girls’ education in Africa’s Sahel
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim pledged today to support an initiative to improve women’s reproductive health and girls’ education in Africa’s Sahel region, and to invest $200 million in a new project to achieve these goals.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Nigerian Governor – Why We’re Training Health Professionals
To address the dearth of medical personnel in public hospitals in Kano State, the state government has embarked on a deliberate strategy of training indigenes in medical and related-courses, the state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso has revealed.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Global Health Corps Calls for Young Professionals to Join the Movement for Health Equity
Global Health Corps (GHC) opened applications for its sixth class of fellows and urged young professionals who want to make an impact in global health and development to apply for its fellowships in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and the United States
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Expanding Healthcare Needs and Technology Advancements Drive the Global Stethoscopes Market
Despite the advent of several newer technologies such as electrocardiography, hand-held ultrasounds, among others, stethoscopes continue to be the primary device used by healthcare professionals for listening to sounds emanating from the heart and other body organs.
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- Health Care
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Technology Booms in Nigeria But E-health Lags: Private sector recommended to harness opportunities
More than 13 years after the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme, less than 3 percent of Nigerians have been covered, compared to 65 percent of the population in Ghana over a similar time frame. The reason? The public sector in Nigeria is failing to deliver.
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- Health Care