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Health-e News: Medicine Stock-Outs Are Hard to Diagnose
From the Eastern Cape to Limpopo, medicine shortages continue to be reported throughout South Africa. In a year in which it seems stock outs have become the new mystery disease, the shortages have difficult causes that are sometimes hard to pin down.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Weekly Roundup 11-13-15: What’s in a Name?
According to Pamela Hartigan, director of the Skoll Centre at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, “social enterprise” is a mindset, not a “sector,” and we’d all be better off recognizing that.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Big Pharma Pricing Pneumonia Vaccines Out of Reach
A child dies every 35 seconds from pneumonia leading to the deaths of about 1 million children every year from the disease, according to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).These deaths are easily preventable with a vaccine that too few people are receiving. According to MSF, one of the biggest problems is the price of the vaccines, which are only made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer.
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Victoria’s Secret perfume a pretty good mosquito repellent
Nearly half of the world population is at risk of contracting malaria—a debilitating disease that killed 438,000 people in 2015 alone. The World Health Organization has handed out mosquito nets, spearheaded the development of a vaccine, and broadened the access to antibiotics. Maybe they should also consider Victoria’s Secret Bombshell perfume.
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Universal Health Coverage: An Opportunity for Investors
From Washington or West Africa, there is an increasing realization of the compelling economic case for universal health care. Broadly, a one-year increase in life expectancy leads to a 4 percent increase in GDP over the long run.
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India’s Entrepreneurial Answer to Healthcare
A weak public health system has given rise to market-based approaches in India. A new breed of young tech-savvy entrepreneurs are building businesses to help more Indians have access to healthcare.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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INTASAVE Energy: Empowering Half a Million Africans to Improve Their Health, Education and Economy Starts with $1
A global not-for-profit organisation called INTASAVE Energy is fulfilling its vision for every person on the planet to have access to clean power through the launch of its innovative Solar Nano Grids (SONGs) project, which kick-starts in November. The first grid in Africa will be installed in Lemolo B in Kenya, a community of about 250 people, and the project will subsequently expand to over 500 communities across Kenya, South Africa and Mozambique, transforming the lives of 500,000 people within three years.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Diabetes Experts Tell G20 to Tax Sugar to Save Lives and Money
Diabetes experts called on world leaders on Thursday to use sugar taxes to fight obesity, arguing such a move would save lives and slash healthcare budgets.
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- Health Care
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