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Superslick Coatings Conquer Ketchup, But What About Ebola?
The videos are almost unbelievable. Ketchup slides out of the jar and you don't even have to give it a thump. Glue slips out of the bottle without a molecule left inside. And what about getting that last smidgen of toothpaste from a used tube? No problem.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Simpler Antibiotic Regimen Helps Sick Babies in Developing Nations
Newborns and young infants in developing nations who have suspected severe bacterial infections can be effectively treated outside a hospital, two new studies suggest.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India to Add More AIDS, TB Drugs to Essential Medicines List
India is likely to add more HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis drugs to its list of essential medicines that are subject to price caps, people directly involved in the process said, in a move to improve affordability of drugs to treat the deadly diseases.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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GlaxoSmithKline and Merck Ebola Vaccines Succeed in Phase II Liberian Trials
Two Ebola vaccines, one developed by the NIH and GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) and the other by Merck ($MRK) and NewLink ($NLNK), have sailed through Liberian trials and, based on the results, may now advance to Phase III trials.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Health workers as mobile money agents?: Digital Campus working on a business model that explores the synergies
A major barrier to mobile money uptake is the lack of a well-trained agent network to serve and address the financial needs of the community, with the greatest effects felt in remote areas. One way to address this challenge is to explore synergies between community health workers and mobile money agents.
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- Education, Health Care
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Government Scheme Sparks Brain Drain Controversy in Uganda
The decision by Uganda to send nearly 300 medical professionals the Caribbean has sparked a controversy that extends beyond the East African nation. Belgium says it will make cuts to the €11 million in aid it sends to Uganda. The United States has criticized the plan, as has Human Rights Watch, and activists in Uganda.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India to Repackage State-Supplied Condoms in Bid to Attract Users
When it comes to the wrappers of India's state-supplied condoms, boring is out, attractive is in, but erotic is too much.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Focus on Poverty: Sharing Genetic Data in Health Crises
Genetic information that could help slow disease outbreaks may be kept private by researchers out of fear of violating patients’ rights — that was one of the concerns expressed in a Nature article recently.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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