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Drug price cut of vital medicines a global phenomenon
MUMBAI: It is not the Indian regulator who is the only one after drug companies to cut prices. Across the world, pharmaceutical companies are coming under pressure to reduce prices as concerns over growing healthcare costs force governments to target drug makers.
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Leveraging economic supply chains for extending health solutions to the Bottom of Pyramid (BoP)
Products and services that are of relevance to public health need a supply chain to reach the bottom of the pyramid (BoP). They need to reach the last mile with the least transaction cost and in a sustainable manner, irrespective of the type of money that is involved (investor capital, grant etc). These services and products also need a channel. Establishing a channel for them, with least cost and long term viability has been the challenge to date in a country such as India. It is in this context that it becomes relevant to look at existing market mechanisms that are already reaching large BoP populations in rural and semi-urban areas, where some level of aggregation has already taken place.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Price caps on drugs hurt Indian units of global pharma firms
Widening of price controls adds pressure on the local units of global manufacturers to boost sales volumes
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- South Asia
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The Power of Social Accountability: Overcoming bottlenecks to accelerate family planning
More than 60 million unintended pregnancies every year put girls and women at serious risk of death or disability during pregnancy and childbirth, and unsafe abortion. That’s why it’s important to hold global leaders accountable for the financial and policy commitments they’ve made to accelerate family planning.
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Africa: Cheap Nasal Spray May Save Snakebite Victims
Curitiba — Snakebites are a highly neglected health problem despite causing up to 84,000 deaths a year globally - but a novel, nasal spray-based approach may help reduce the toll, according to researchers.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Hampered by Cost, Zimbabweans Skip Contraceptives
New research suggests thousands of women in Zimbabwe get pregnant each year because they cannot afford proper birth control methods.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India misses key health targets, but shows improvement
India is lagging considerably behind its key human development index targets, including population control, infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MFR), according to figures given by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in Lok Sabha today.
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The virus detective who discovered Ebola in 1976
Nearly 40 years ago, a young Belgian scientist travelled to a remote part of the Congolese rainforest - his task was to help find out why so many people were dying from an unknown and terrifying disease.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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