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For Global Drug Manufacturers, China Becomes a Perilous Market
Multinational drug companies now employ more sales agents in China than they do in the United States, their largest market.
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3 surprise tips on careers in global health
Global health is undoubtedly a big component of international development work.
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14 Scalable Social Enterprises
Depending on who you ask and what their specific definition of social enterprise is, they may say that "scalable social enterprises" are redundant because all social enterprises should be able to scale.
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Civil war is killing children in the Central African Republic — but it’s not doing it with bullets
Experts weigh in on the short- and long-term ways war negatively impacts child health.
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This Bill Gates-Backed Super-Thermos Saves Lives With Cold Vaccines
Life saving medicine doesn’t like hot temperatures, which makes it hard to get it to the remote villages where it’s often most needed. The amazing new Passive Vaccine Storage Device keeps health workers informed about its movements and its cargo, and keeps that cargo totally cool for 30 days.
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‘The Govt’s decision of sending inexperienced MBBS doctors to rural India is flawed’
According to various sources, the Central Government and the Medical Council of India have reached a consensus about introducing a compulsory one-year rural stint for any MBBS student who wishes to sit for post-graduation entrance exams.
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Megatrends in Global Health Care
Powerful trends are at work — all around the world — forcing changes in how health care will be conceived and delivered in the decades ahead. The editors of HBR have compiled a list of 12 megatrends that will dramatically change how we must think about the issue and some of the largely unrecognized consequences.
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Mandela’s long hospitalization sparks end-of-life discussions in South Africa
Sean Davison's mother, a doctor, knew she faced an impending, painful death from cancer. Not willing to endure it, she chose to end her life by not eating. That attempt, Davison said, went terribly wrong.
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