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OPINION: Déjà Rule: The Health Damaging Consequences of Reinstating the Global Gag Rule in 2015
This year, the Foreign Operations Bill proposed by the House of Representatives includes the restoration of $300 million in funding for the successful President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has been chronically underfunded in recent years.
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500 Startups’ $10M fund will invest in mobile health in India, China, Africa
A $10 million micro fund that will make investments in early and growth stage mobile startups, including mobile health, got started this week.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Wish Foundation plans to raise $100 mn for health innovators
Foundation seeks to reach 10 mn under-served people, ties up with Rajasthan govt to offer 11 low-cost health innovations
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- Health Care
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Moving the Sanitation Needle: On World Toilet Day, it’s time to talk about some creative, unlikely collaborations
There is perhaps no time like right now to “celebrate” World Toilet Day in India, where the new government’s efforts to crack the open defecation problem have generated a lot of incredibly promising initial commitments.
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This Indian start-up could disrupt health care with its powerful and affordable diagnostic machine
Frustrated at the lack of interest by the medical establishment in reducing the costs of diagnostic testing, Kanav Kahol returned home to New Delhi in 2011 and built a prototype of a device called the Swasthya Slate (which translates to “Health Tablet”) in less than three months, for a cost of $11,000.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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The Guy Who Delivers HIV Medicine On His Bicycle
Sizwe Nzima was sitting in a clinic waiting for his grandparents' HIV medicine four years ago when he had an idea: Why not start an HIV medicine delivery service?
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Telemedicine trend continues with new Nigerian mobile initiative
A joint telemedicine initiative between Apollo Hospitals and African telecoms company Airtel will expand access to health services for many Nigerian mobile subscribers.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Solution is Born: Student’s inflatable incubator design wins James Dyson Award, offers answers for developing world
A university class assignment results in a portable incubator that can be manufactured and delivered for about $400 U.S., doesn’t require electricity and includes a phototherapy light to help treat jaundice.
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