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How far off are drones in the delivery of rural care?
A Silicon Valley startup called Matternet is pioneering a pilot program that uses drones to connect rural care providers with major hospitals in Bhutan.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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WHO backs use of experimental Ebola drugs in West Africa outbreak
It is ethical to offer unproven drugs or vaccines to people infected or at risk in West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak, a World Health Organisation panel of medical ethics experts ruled on Tuesday, but cautioned supplies will be limited.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An easier way to manipulate malaria genes
New approach to knocking out parasite’s genes could make it easier to identify drug targets.
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- Education, Health Care
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Apollo Hospitals to expand footprint with hub and spoke model
Apollo Hospitals Ltd is actively looking at expansion with the hub and spoke model and harnessing the telemedicine technology.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Ebola virus: Liberia health system ‘overtaxed’
Liberia's information minister has admitted that the country's health care system has been overwhelmed by the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ebola virus: Vaccine ‘should be ready for 2015’, WHO says, as GSK plays down timing
An Ebola vaccine should be ready for public use by 2015, the United Nation’s health agency has said.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Novartis aims to improve healthcare access in developing nations
Novartis has trained more than 500 health educators and supervisors, addressing healthcare issues for remote communities in emerging markets
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- Health Care
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Weekly Roundup (8/9/14) – Ethics and Africa: Controversy around a White House summit and an Ebola cure highlight tensions between the global north and south
This week, president Obama hosted nearly 50 African leaders at the White House to strengthen business ties with the continent - provoking cautious optimism and quite a bit of criticism. Meanwhile, a new development in the Ebola scare raised questions about the inequalities between rich and poor countries.
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- Health Care
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