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Turning the tap on: Water as a business model
Too many people in the world don’t have access to safe drinking water in their homes. This month’s meeting of theWorld Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council in Dubai could be the first step to changing that.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- public health
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Injections could be a thing of the past with scientists developing a way to inhale vaccines
Fear of a trip to the doctors and a jab of a needle could be a thing of the past, with scientists developing a world-first needless injection to dispense vaccines.
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- Education, Health Care
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Woman Care Global to Market Signos RT Innovative Handheld Ultrasound Technology in Africa and Latin America
Woman Care Global (WCG) has announced that it will market, Signos RT, an innovative handheld ultrasound technology, in Africa and Latin America.
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- Health Care
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OPINION: Sterlisation deaths: A rotten healthcare system continues to play havoc in Chhattisgarh
The sterilization camp that left 13 women dead and many battling for life has exposed the rotten healthcare system in Chhattisgarh, yet again.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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India takes action on spurious and sub-standard drugs
An American pharmacist and an Indian pharmacologist charged with smuggling four million fake pharmaceuticals into the country earlier this month may have been the last straw for the Indian government battling counterfeit drugs.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Mobile technology reduces maternal mortality
Abdul-Rashid Imoro, Project Officer of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of Savana Signatures, a Tamale NGO, has said some health facilities in the Northern Region had recorded zero maternal mortality due to mobile phone technology the NGO had introduced in the area
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Supply Chains for Global Health: Learning from Starbucks and Microsoft to get life-saving commodities where they’re needed, when they’re needed
Whether it is vaccines in Nigeria, family planning and essential medicines in Ethiopia, or HIV medications in Tanzania, supply chain managers need to have a solid understanding of product availability and supply chain processes in order to respond to people’s needs.
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- Health Care
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- supply chains, vaccines
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Distinguishing Between Demand and Need at the BoP: Part 3 in a series of BoP fundamentals, cases, and debates
A key mistake made by companies entering BoP markets is assuming that social needs will quickly manifest themselves as market demand. As part of a long-term series of posts on BoP fundamentals, Tamar Koosed with MANAUS Consulting, explores three examples of how companies have had to change course in search of demand and profitable business models.
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- Health Care
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