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This company wants to provide clean water, using a plastic bag
Providing clean water to their people is a challenge for developing countries struggling to avert health scares while keeping a lid on costs. Three classmates from Singapore are trying to lend a helping hand, using little more than a plastic bag and a ceramic membrane.
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To fight superbugs, a Harvard chemist invents a new way of making antibiotics
ANTIBIOTICS — the miracle drugs of the 20th century — are beginning to fail. The latest evidence of this came in May, when a pathogen surfaced in Pennsylvania containing a gene that, if and when it spreads, would create bacteria that are invulnerable to every available drug.
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East Africa: Easy-to-Swallow Anti-Aids Drug for East Africa’s Children
Medics also hope the formulation, developed by pharmaceutical company Cipla, in collaboration with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) and was approved for use by WHO in 2015, will address the treatment gaps that currently exist as a result of challenges resulting from the way the current drugs are stored.
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Not easy selling insurance to the bottom of the pyramid, even at $1 a month
The majority of Tanzania’s low-income and informal workers do not have access to insurance and struggle to pay for health services. Entrepreneur Lilian Makoi, co-founder of technology company Edgepoint, last year unveiled Jamii (previously named bimaAFYA) – a health insurance product users can buy for as little as $1 a month.
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Report: Red Cross Spent 25 Percent Of Haiti Donations On Internal Expenses
The report also says the charity's top officials stonewalled congressional investigators and released incomplete information about its Haiti program to the public. It concludes "there are substantial and fundamental concerns about [the Red Cross] as an organization."The report also says the charity's top officials stonewalled congressional investigators and released incomplete information about its Haiti program to the public.
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‘Disease outbreak guarantees’—A proposed mechanism for enhancing public health capacity
The possible path to offering disease outbreak guarantees is an idea being posed by two global health researchers who suggest that a mechanism for establishing such an instrument could be tied to public health investments.
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New Tool to Diagnose Zika
A Boston University researcher is on the team that created a prototype for a simple new test.
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The Economics of Antibiotic Resistance
The business model for developing new antibiotics is broken, researchers say. The question is, can we make a new one that works?
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