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‘Sustainability’ Remains the Holy Grail: But the road to achieving it is paved with divergent visions
When global health leaders gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the Partners’ Forum to shape the post-2015 agenda for maternal and child health, sustainability was much discussed as a chief element in ending preventable deaths. But just below the surface lay a truth even more profound: Sustainability manifests differently for just about everyone.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Mobile health in Africa: MDiabetes program: Mobile technologies are catalysts for development
Mareeg.com-DAKAR, Senegal,July 14, 2014/ – Alcatel-Lucent (http://www.alcatel-lucent.com) attended the ceremony for launching the m-Ramadan campaign, which originated from the mDiabetes program, in Dakar on June 16, 2014.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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mHealth initiative to curb infant and maternal fatalities in Kenya
In a bid to reduce the glaring rates of child and maternal deaths annually estimated at 6.6 million and 260,000 respectively, Sub Saharan-African states are set to launch a mobile phone text messaging service to educate masses on better health care and nutrition.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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TPP: Still a Terrible Deal for Poor People’s Health
When the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the U.S.-led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement was leaked late last year, it confirmed everything public health watchers had warned about for years.
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- Health Care
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Medanta-The Medicity: World class health care, with a soul
Dr Naresh Trehan's vision for his latest venture is to emulate the best-in-class health care facilities in the world
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance, public health
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New Contraceptive Shot Being Released in Africa
An easy-to-use new form of the injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera was introduced last week in Burkina Faso, the first of four African countries in which it will be rolled out this year.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Childhood TB 25 Percent Higher than Previous Estimates
A recent study published in The Lancet Global Health found that the incidence of childhood tuberculosis has been 25 percent higher than previous estimates. In fact, findings suggest that around 15 million children may be exposed to TB every year, while roughly 53 million are living with latent TB infection.
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- Health Care
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BlackBerry Up on Plans for New Healthcare Platform in India
Finally, things are shaping up well for Canadian handset manufacturer BlackBerry Limited. According to a report in Economic Times, Blackberry is planning to introduce a novel service platform designed to cater to the needs of the health care sector.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- public health
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