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As WHO Drafts Its Global Health Strategies, a Need to Reconsider Viral Hepatitis Response
The World Health Organization recently announced that it was seeking input on the three global health sector strategies — HIV and AIDS, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infection — it was drafting until April 30. The strategies, which will cover 2016-2021, will be finalized at the 69th World Health Assembly in 2016.
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2 New Ebola Vaccines Pass Important Early Test, Researchers Say
Two new Ebola vaccines have passed an important test, protecting monkeys against the strain of the virus responsible for the current deadly outbreak, researchers reported on Wednesday. Only one dose was needed, and there were no apparent side effects.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Biocon Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Public Health by WHO – India
Biocon’s integrated healthcare initiatives is constantly engaged in improving the quality of life of several thousand communities in India.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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South Africa: Tuberculosis – Taxis’ Deadly Passenger
Millions of South Africans rely on minibus taxis daily, but South Africa's most widely used mode of public transport could also be ferrying a deadly passenger.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Could a Test for Malaria Be as Easy as a Breathalyzer?
More than half a million people die of malaria every year, most of them children under the age of five in Africa. And in the areas where it is most endemic, it remains relatively expensive to diagnose. But a group of scientists in Missouri are working on a groundbreaking method to test for the disease that, if successful, could save time, money, and most importantly, lives.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Putting ‘Health’ Back into ‘Health Clinics’: It’s not good, statistically speaking, to be a mother or child in Mali, but new approaches might bring change
A move meant to shift community health expenses from the informal sector to authorized local clinics came up short in Mali. An NGO is looking to help fix things with a health savings program and other approaches designed to bridge the gap between the clinics and the communities they serve.
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Blue Diversion Toilet aims to improve sanitation with built-in filtration system
Austrian design firm EOOS and water research institute Eawag hope to improve sanitation levels in areas of extreme poverty with a mobile toilet that contains its own water filtration system.
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- Health Care
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These Printable Tests for HIV And E.Coli Will Bring Diagnosis Anywhere in the World
Cheap, simple diagnostic kits have the potential to revolutionize health care in the developing world. If we can put non-technical tests in the hands of normal people, we can test for diseases more efficiently without building out formal clinic networks. That should help get treatments to people in a more timely way.
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- Health Care
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