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Integrating NCDs Into Post-2015 Agenda: A shared value approach to addressing non-communicable diseases in Africa
Non-communicable diseases account for two out of three deaths and half of all disability worldwide, with cardiovascular disease specifically killing more Africans over age 30 than any other condition. Despite this growing threat, the resources devoted to curbing NCDs are woefully insufficient to the challenge.
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- Health Care
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Can Mobile Money Improve Your Health?
According to insights provided byMondato, the general rule of thumb is that when something appears too good to be true, it very likely is. Imagine that you were unfamiliar with the concept of insurance. A stranger at your door promises that if you pay 1000 shillings per month via your phone, if at some point you or someone in your family were to fall ill, the man’s company will pay up to 300 times that amount to cover the medical expenses. You would certainly be forgiven for being highly circumspect, at the very minimum.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can a Bajaji Change a Teen Girl’s Life?
“Human-centered design has a role in solving every problem,” says Pam Scott, a serial design thinker whose career has wended from advertising to customer research to a board seat at IDEO.org to a current chapter that might be dubbed activist philanthropy. A born connector, Scott has spent nearly three decades working at the intersection of design and impact, and much of her power lies at getting the right people in the room and prompting them to ask — and answer — the right questions.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- philanthropy
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A Condom That Tests for STDs Just Before Sex
Just last week, I was joking with some colleagues about whether we could sell a stick of gum with our condoms that, when chewed, would turn a certain color to indicate whether or not you had an STD. It turns out, we were not the only ones with such idea and they ignored the gum and went right to the condom itself.
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- Health Care
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How Will Global Health Financing Change Post-MDGs?
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent since 2000 to tackle some of the world’s biggest health problems.
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- Health Care
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BlackBerry’s Prescription for Success in Healthcare
“Technology and mobility will play a crucial role in revolutionising the healthcare system and propelling the next phase of growth in India,” says Annie Mathew, Director, Alliances and Business Development, BlackBerry. In conversation with Abhishek Raval.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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WHO Validates Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis in Cuba
Cuba today became the first country in the world to receive validation from WHO that it has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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Primary Healthcare Staff to Protest Against Privatisation
The state government's decision to hand over primary health centres and affiliated sub-centres from across the state into private hands to be operated under the public private partnership (PPP) mode has triggered protest from healthcare staff and social organizations.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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