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Cyborg engineers, virtual doctors and wristbands to detect cancer: Futurologist reveals how tech will transform healthcare
Within the next 30 years, the global population is set to increase by almost 3 billion up to 10 billion, and this rise is set to put a heavy burden on the healthcare industry.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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Secret to Nigeria’s success in overcoming Ebola: ORS
Aggressive use of ORS is being credited with significantly reducing the mortality rate among those who contracted Ebola in Nigeria.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Thompson Funded to Study Household Air Pollution Among Low-Income Communities in Guatemala
A new project aims to train women entrepreneurs to sell liquid petroleum gas (LPG) stoves and provide education about reducing exposures to household air pollution.
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- Education
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- Latin America
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Improving Everyday Financial Decisions: Brief, specific and targeted education could help the poor make better choices
In Uganda, nearly half of surveyed adults were unable to correctly answer a basic question about interest rates, according to a recent study. What is the best way to address this kind of financial capability gap? Research from IPA and others suggests some mechanisms through which financial education might be delivered in Uganda and around the world.
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- Education
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Building Inclusion Into the Pyramid: Introspection, evalution in revealing the ‘BoP Roadmap’
Is the Base of the Pyramid concept in need of a recharge? That’s what two of its founding fathers think. Along with some re-energizing, it’s a concept that could use some humility as well. This introspection and evaluation comes at a time when many others at the intersection of commerce and development are doing the same thing.
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- Education
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Shared Information = Sustainability (Survivability): Group fighting leprosy makes inroads through mutual support, self-help groups and loans
Self-help groups of six to eight people – all affected by leprosy – not only offer mutual support, but also receive training in self-care, skills to rebuild lives and incomes and life skills such as how to open a bank account and manage group finances.
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- Agriculture, Education, Environment, Health Care
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Philips, GE Healthcare going big on Connected Healthcare R&D in India
Engineers from Philips Innovation Labs and GE Healthcare in Bangalore are experimenting with mobility platforms and healthcare which will come to life in India soon in the form of a connected medical world.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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- public health, research
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Liberians have another challenge – marginalization
"How is it that we have again become the marginalized of the earth?" That is what people ask Bishop Anthony Borwah of Gbarnga, in Liberia, the country most affected by the outbreak of Ebola.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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