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8 Million People May Be Affected by Nepal Earthquake, Says U.N.
Up to eight million people have had their lives disrupted after a deadly earthquake shook Nepal, said the United Nations, adding there was an urgent need for relief materials ranging from tarpaulin sheets and clean water to soap and medicines.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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NCDs Threatening Health Insurance: Innovations, partnerships offer ways to mitigate the impact
Non-communicable diseases have become the leading cause of death and disability worldwide?, carrying immense implications for insurance programs. However, ?there are opportunities? for public and private insurers to create and expand disease detection and management systems to mitigate the incidence and effect of NCDs.
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- Health Care
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DfID Accused of Heightening Inequality Through Support for Private Sector
Report by campaign group Global Justice Now points finger at Department for International Development over private health and education projects.
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- Education, Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New App for Managing HIV Treatment Failure
A health informatics specialist in Rwanda has developed a computer-based application to help clinicians reduce medical errors in managing HIV treatment failure.
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- Health Care, Technology
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World Malaria Day: 5 Breakthroughs in Fighting the Disease
Globally, 3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria. In 2013, only one in five African children with malaria received effective treatment, 15 million pregnant women did not receive a single dose of preventative drugs and an estimated 278 million in Africa still live in households with no insecticide-treated bed net, according to the World Health Organization.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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Guj Govt to Revive Telemedicine Project as PPP Model
Gujarat Government is all set to revive its telemedicine project, which had failed to take off earlier due to technological hurdles, as a PPP model by roping in private hospitals and experts from Canada.
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Half of World’s Rural Populations Cannot Access Health Care
More than half the population of rural areas worldwide do not have access to basic health care, with four in five rural Africans lacking services, the United Nations said Monday.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Twitter Top 10
What do magic, humor, banking and libraries have in common? Not much, unless you’re talking about NextBillion’s weekly Top 10 tweets.
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- product design
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