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Weekly Roundup – 12/6/14: Overcoming paywalls, increasing information accessibility in the pursuit of a healthier planet
There’s been a good bit of discussion recently about the accessibility of health care information; specifically, the timely sharing of research on such topics as Ebola.
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- Health Care, Technology, Telecommunications
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GSK Opens £4 Million Research Grant on Non-Communicable Diseases
Apparently to find scientific answers to why Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are rising on the African continent, GlaxoSmitheKline (GSK) has opened a £4m grant initiative to researchers in the region.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- research
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The AIDS-Fighting Tampon
An electrically charged fabric makes for a quick-dissolving delivery vessel for drugs that kill HIV.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India ‘Too Reliant’ on Chinese Drug Imports, Worries Delhi
There's loud chatter in Mandarin, Hindi and English - all thrown in a heady mix of business, big numbers, and of course money converted in at least two currencies.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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In healthcare starved Assam, Dholmara health centre sets example of super-effective functioning
The primary health centre (PHC) in Dholmara village in Kokrajhar is run by Dr Atawor Rehman, who doesn't have an MBBS degree, yet is known for being among the best in the district on the scale of management and service delivery.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Trends in Mobile and Cloud Technology: Redefining Medicine Around the World
Around the world, shifting demographics are putting more pressure on health systems that are struggling to catch up to changing expectations.
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- Health Care, Technology
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A New Technology to Support HIV Prevention
Trymore Chikwiriro is 29 years old, and his wife gave birth to their first child just this past October. Just like they expected, all of their nights were focused on their new baby– so the time seemed right for Trymore to undergo voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC).
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Drones Are Being Tested in the Fight Against a Tuberculosis Epidemic in Papua New Guinea
Drones have been trialled by Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to combat a centuries-old disease that has crippled communities in one of the most untamed wildernesses on earth.
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- Health Care
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