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5 Techy Solutions for Health Systems
There's a shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives worldwide, so there's a need to make the most of those currently in the field. Here are several ways to do that.
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The black market for Ebola survivors’ blood
Blood from Ebola survivors is rich with antibodies against the deadly virus, and since there is currently no approved drug to fight it, some have become desperate enough to take fate into their own hands and turn to the black market for an experimental serum made with survivors' blood.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Making African Health Care Radically Cheaper
In sub-Saharan Africa, there are three important ways disruptive innovations can democratize health systems: improving health record-keeping, widening drug access and building patient trust.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Price Discrimination is Good for Global Health (Part 2): Patricia Danzon describes how the concept, despite its theoretical upside, ‘is not working very well’ in practice
?In Part 1 of her interview with NBHC, professor Patricia Danzon of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania laid out some of the advantages of differential pricing in pharmaceuticals. In Part 2, she describes how the concept works in practice, including the key role of politics in its implementation.
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- Education, Health Care
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WHO: $1 billion needed to keep Ebola infections within the ‘tens of thousands’
The World Health Organization is pleading for a global investment of nearly $1 billion to fight the spread of Ebola, warning that the amount is merely the minimum needed to keep infections of the deadly virus "within the tens of thousands."
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India Must Fix Its Drug Quality Problem
India’s newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi just launched his first official tour of the United States.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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The Devastating Economic Impact of Ebola
As the Ebola crisis continues to take a toll on people’s lives and livelihoods in West Africa, the focus is increasingly not just on the health aspects of the crisis, but also on its social and economic consequences.
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Rwandans Balk at Price of Improved Cooking Stoves
A campaign to persuade people in Rwanda to buy a new improved type of cooking stove - which uses less fuel and is less smoky - hasn't succeeded, according to the stoves' manufacturers.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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