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Health workers can be wildly successful at saving lives when they have a profit motive
The preventable death of children in poor countries remains one of the world’s greatest scourges. Close to 3 million children under the age of five die each year, mainly in the developing world, from diseases that are easily treated.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cabinet okays sale of India’s first pharma firm
In the second strategic sale approval in over 12 years, the Cabinet today cleared the sale of India's first pharma company Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd as well as Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd after selling their surplus land.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Community Tablet set to accelerate digital inclusion in rural Mozambique
The internet is a key enabler of social development and education. While internet services have shown phenomenal success in other parts of the world, access to the internet remains low in Africa, especially in the rural communities. According to the Internet World Stats for Africa 2016, only 9.3% of people across the African continent are internet users.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A vision for WHO for 2017 and beyond
As I turn the calendar page to January 2017, I am keen to look ahead and examine our health challenges for the coming year and decade - challenges with goals and targets which have been well defined in our United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and especially, in the ‘health goal’ or SDG 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
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Biopharma: India’s New Sunrise Sector
India is frequently referred to as the pharmacy to the world. While our generics industry has indeed made a name for itself globally, we are yet to see any priority being accorded to new drug discovery. Dr Frank Lichtenberg of the Columbia University and the National Bureau of Economic Research studied 30 developing and high income countries, for a decade beginning in 2000, to establish clearly that pharmaceutical innovation serves to enhance longevity, increase productivity and reduce medical expenditure. It is time to prioritize research and move from 'Make in India' to 'Innovate in India'.
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Are ‘Friendship Benches’ the Cure for Depression, Anxiety in Poor Countries?
If you're anxious or depressed, talking things out can do wonders for emotional and mental health, even if the friendly ear listening is not attached to a licensed psychiatrist.
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Viewpoint: A Zika Vaccine, But for Whom?
The race for a Zika vaccine, one of the most pressing priorities in global health, is at full throttle. More than a dozen companies and government institutions are working to unlock the secrets of the virus, and a vaccine could be available as early as 2018.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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Better‚ Safer‚ Cheaper: The New HIV Treatment About to Undergo Full-Scale Tests in South Africa
AIDS experts say a study beginning in Johannesburg next month could lead to better‚ safer and cheaper HIV treatment.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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