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GE, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Partner for Health Challenges in Africa
GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have announced a partnership that focuses on training and mentoring social entrepreneurs working on maternal and child health innovations in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Breath Test for Malaria
Diagnosing malaria may soon be as easy taking a simple breath test, according to researchers.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Healthy Markets: Essential to Improving Health and Saving Lives
PATH, which for nearly 40 years has been working to understand and address market-based issues for medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices, recently compiled a diverse collection of blogs with the hope of elevating the role well-functioning markets play in supporting access to health products. We've featured one of these blogs here.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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How Kenyans Are Embracing Mobile Technology to Access Healthcare
It is estimated that more than half of Kenya’s population earning less than $2.50 (£1.73) per day has access to mobile phones. Kenya’s remarkable growth in mobile technology has led to a digital revolution that can address one of the country’s biggest development priorities – access to universal health coverage.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Laws to Protect Breastfeeding Inadequate
A new report by the WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) has revealed that the status of laws to protect breastfeeding in most countries is inadequate.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Opinion: Why … Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympic Games Must Not Proceed
Zika infection is more dangerous, and Brazil’s outbreak more extensive, than scientists reckoned a short time ago. Which leads to a bitter truth: the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games must be postponed, moved, or both, as a precautionary concession.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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Becoming a Mother Shouldn’t Put Your Life at Risk: How Market Shaping Can Reduce Global Maternal Deaths
This Mother’s Day, as we honor the women who raised us, we should also take a moment to reflect on a shocking fact: approximately 800 women die every day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.
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Commercializing Health Tech in India
Preventing hypothermia is recognized as an essential part of care for all newborns by the World Health Organization and the Indian government, but it is often missed, especially in resource-poor settings. The Bempu bracelet is designed to overcome that problem by empowering nurses and parents to detect and prevent hypothermia in babies.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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