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UNICEF, Unilever Unite to Improve Access to Safe Water
UNICEF and Unilever have announced a partnership to improve access to safe water in countries across sub-Saharan Africa.
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From Radio Jingles to Cricket Matches – You Have to Pass the Word to Heal the World
It is often assumed that if there is a health care problem and a solution, people who are suffering will clamour for the solution. However, the reality is that people need to be educated about the risks and benefits before their buy-in can be obtained. Therefore, effective communication is a critical part of any public health program.
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Govt Announces Rollout of Anti-Tuberculosis Medicine Bedaquiline
Monday, the union health ministry announced the rollout of bedaquiline, the first anti-tuberculosis medicine made in 40 years. As the drug was prepared in quick response to the World Health Organisation's urgent call in 2012 to pharmaceutical companies to work on anti-TB medications, it hasn't been widely tested like most drugs are.
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- South Asia
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China Vows Crackdown on Fake Vaccines Amid Scandal
Chinese authorities have pledged to crack down on the black market sale of vaccines after a case was made public involving nearly $90 million (62 million pounds) worth of illegal vaccines that are suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces around the country.
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- South Asia
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NexThought Monday – Moving Beyond Capital: Designing Technical Assistance that Works as Hard as Entrepreneurs
Technical assistance can be extremely valuable to early-stage enterprises, but they are a diverse group with different priorities, with limits on the amount of technical assistance they can absorb. Development partners have a responsibility to listen to the entrepreneurs they support and to think creatively about how to best deliver demand-driven, flexible technical assistance.
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Cleaning Up India’s Economic Lifeline
Dawn was breaking over Delhi as our train began its ritual crawl into the station. This is almost always the case with busy railway stations in India: the last mile never seems to end, sometimes taking up to an hour. If you look out of the window during this hour, you are likely to see dozens of men and boys, possibly residents of nearby slums, squatting on the ground and defecating in peace, unmindful of the slowly passing train and its impatient occupants.
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Health Experts, Doctors: Centre’s Move Good for Patient Safety
Even as more companies on Wednesday challenged the ban on combination drugs in the Delhi high court, public health experts and doctors have welcomed the government notification, saying withdrawal of "irrational" and "harmful" medicines from the market is good for patient safety and health.
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Weekly Roundup: Nano Lending Under the Microsope and A Bond to Fight Diabetes
This week Tigo announced it will launch collateral-free nano loans to customers through its Tigo Pesa mobile financial platform in Tanzania. The unsecured loans will average $10,000 Tanzanian shillings (US $5). Is this the lift "nano lending" needs? Plus, Israel begins a new social impact bond to fight diabetes, what it could mean for financing global health.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- mobile finance
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