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Global Health Workforce, Finances Remain Low for Mental Health
Worldwide, nearly 1 in 10 people have a mental health disorder, but only 1% of the global health workforce is working in mental health. This means, for example, that nearly half of the world’s population lives in a country where there is less than one psychiatrist per 100 000 people.
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- Health Care
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MUrgency Launches Global Emergency Response Mobile App in India
A new decentralized and personalized mobile app called MUrgency ( One Global Emergency Response Network) is being set up to create a global emergency response to help people in distress in developing countries.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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From Pilots to Systems (Part 1): Achieving systemic and scalable private sector engagement in tuberculosis care and prevention in Asia
Public-private mix (PPM) is really a form of behavior change for both sides: for the public sector in their approach to engaging the private sector, and for the private sector in changing their practices. At its core, PPM is trying to replace low-quality, inefficient and potentially expensive health care provision with rapid, affordable and correct diagnosis and treatment, and monitoring to ensure success.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Caveats, Costs and Complexities Shadow First Malaria Vaccine
It's a showpiece drug that has the potential to end a disease that kills half a million African children a year. Yet even before it wins a license, the world's first malaria vaccine has lost some of its sheen.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bigger May Not Be Better for China’s ‘Super Hospitals’
Just before midnight, the pavement outside the glowing high-rise towers of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University is littered with slumbering bodies. Splayed on colorful mats or tucked into folding cots, these are patients' relatives.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Channing Tatum Retires From Stripping and Focuses on Saving Lives
Recently, we all found out Channing Tatum?'s deepest, darkest secrets revealed during an AMA — from his admittance that his acting was horrible in Step Up? to his love for Pinterest. (Yes, he seriously has a Pinterest board, and it's magical.)
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- Latin America
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Press Release: Ella Gudwin Appointed President of VisionSpring
VisionSpring is proud to announce the appointment of Ella Gudwin as President. Ms. Gudwin will oversee global operations and lead the implementation of VisionSpring's growth strategy to reach 4.5 million people across Asia, Africa, and Latin America in the next three years. "I am joining an exceptional team. Our job is to get millions of eyeglasses to people who need them – to succeed in school, to gain years of employment, to participate in community and civic life, and so much more. And because VisionSpring is a social enterprise, we'll help create jobs and markets in the process." said Ms. Gudwin.
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Pharma Price Control Has Stunted Innovation, Study Finds
Consumers may be happy at a cut in medicine bills but the government's price control measures have forced many brands out of the "unviable" pharmaceutical market, resulting in a drastic slowdown in new launches in the last five years.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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