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Disease Detection Gets a Boost With Plans for a CDC in Africa
In 1946, a malaria outbreak across the Southern U.S. catalyzed the formation of what would eventually become the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Entrepreneur and Artist Aim to Curb Global Infant Mortality Rate
When Jane Chen and Drue Kataoka met at the Forum of Young Global Leadersin 2012, they quickly formed a friendship based on their shared passion for carrying out socially impactful work. They both came from significantly different backgrounds — Chen is the co-founder of Embrace, a startup that hopes to curb high worldwide infant mortality rates by way of the low-cost Embrace infant warmer, while Kataoka is a visual artist whose often interactive work aims to bridge the perceived gap between art and technology. Flash forward three years, and the two women have launched a unique collaboration that combines Chen’s business and Kataoka’s art to raise awareness of and ultimately decrease high global infant mortality rates.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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A Better Way to Pay for R&D? (Part 2): Pilot projects designed to help get Health Impact Fund ‘across the finish line’
After pilot projects have shown the Health Impact Fund really works, Professor Thomas Pogge says, "It will not be difficult to get some far-sighted – and cash-strapped – governments to become HIF supporters. And an agreement to create the HIF might then be reached, perhaps at a G20 meeting."
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Can ‘Supergeeks’ Save Kenya’s Babies?
Lack of basic equipment could explain why Kenya is struggling to reduce maternal mortality rates.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Group Hopes Recycled Hotel Soap Helps Save Lives Worldwide
Shawn Seipler is on a mission to save lives with soap. It began about seven years ago as a tiny operation with a few friends and family in a single-car garage in Orlando, Florida, where they used meat grinders, potato peelers and cookers to recycle used soap into fresh bars.
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Pharmaceutical Company Operates With the Heart of a Nonprofit, Soul of Social Enterprise
A San Francisco-based pharmaceutical company is bringing a new contraceptive to the U.S. market. The product is Liletta, an intrauterine device (IUD), which, like any other IUD, is long-lasting and highly effective at preventing pregnancy when inserted properly.
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NexThought Monday – A Better Way to Pay for R&D? (Part 1): The plan to enable everyone to buy drugs at manufacturing cost
Every year, millions of poor people around the world die because they can’t get the medicine they need. Professor Thomas Pogge has long touted an idea that he believes would get the medicine where it’s needed and ensure reasonable returns for pharmaceutical companies. Is it time to pay attention to the Health Impact Fund?
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How to Serve Remote Customers Who Live on Less Than $2 a Day
The worlds of business and charity are increasingly merging. Social enterprises engage in activities that don’t perfectly fit in either of these worlds. Blending the two is a powerful tool: the solutions are often more effective, more innovative, and above all more sustainable.
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- Health Care
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