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Scientists say e-cigarettes could have health impacts in developing world
Two researchers are urging greater regulatory oversight of e-cigarettes in poorer countries, where sales of the devices are growing.
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- Education, Health Care
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- public health, research
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Report: Four in five households in Bangladesh have access to financial services
Four in five households in Bangladesh have access to financial services, thanks to improvements in the networks of banks and microfinance institutions as well as a booming mobile banking segment, according to a new study.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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Researchers from India and China empowered to provide CVD care through Smart Mobile App
In a first dual-country trail, researchers from India and China have together discovered cost-effective ways to improve the quality of primary care and clinical outcomes in resource-limited settings through smart mobile application which could have major benefits for the general population who suffer known cardiovascular diseases.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Call for more weaponry against ‘neglected malaria’
The World Health Organization has called for more research on ways to battle malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, in the wake of a surge of infections in Western India.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Whatever Happened to the Machine That Turns Feces Into Water?
Earlier this year, I shared a video where I drank water made from feces. (My review: It was delicious.) Today the machine that produced the water, the Janicki Omni Processor – or JOP – is in Dakar, Senegal, as part of a pilot project that could ultimately save lives and reduce disease in poor countries.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care, Technology
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OPINION: Low-fee private schooling: what do we really know?
In an age of quick fixes and silver bullets we are uncomfortable with shades of grey. But like it or not, it’s complicated.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- research
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Rewriting the Rules for Surgery: ‘Task-shifting’ is one way to help solve the human resource problem in global health
Requiring the designation of “surgeon” as it is traditionally defined as a prerequisite for holding a scalpel in the developing world is simply untenable, given the relentless growth in population, the rapidly changing landscape of illness from acute to chronic, and the increasingly well-documented need for, and value of, essential surgery.
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- Education, Health Care
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PRESS RELEASE: National Skill Development Corporation, Ennovent to help skilling firms in India get funding
The initiative aims to create opportunities and aspirations for skilling as an entrepreneurial opportunity in different sectors to fill the demand of trained skilled workforce in the country.
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- Education
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- South Asia