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The Science of Dirt (Part 2): High hopes for the scalability of $12 water micro-filters made of natural elements
Serial social entrepreneur Chandrasekaran Jayaraman is making and selling all-natural water micro-filters in India, and believes that his market might eventually include the world. This is the second of a two-part Q&A.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- manufacturing, product design, scale
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Circumcision by rubber band? Uganda tries it
With trousers around his ankles, Justin Igalla awaits a tight rubber band for his foreskin, an innovative non-surgical technique rolling out in several African nations to encourage circumcision and cut HIV infection rates.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Dairy training aims to boost Rwanda to health
In Rwanda, the expression “have milk” — “gira amata” — is not part of a milk-mustachioed marketing campaign. It’s a wish for prosperity.
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- Health Care
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- nutrition, public health
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Test could ease diagnosis of tuberculosis in children
A new genetic test for tuberculosis (TB) could dramatically improve the accuracy of diagnoses of infected children in developing countries, although a simple diagnostic kit could be some way off.
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- Education, Health Care
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The Science of Dirt (Part 1): Entrepreneur building and selling affordable, electricity-free water filters made with clay, sand and sawdust in India
While traveling in India, Chandrasekaran Jayaraman saw firsthand that most villages did not have good drinking water or good toilets. After determining that the problem was fixable, he set to work refining the government’s patented technology to make water micro-filters using clay. This is the first of a two-part Q&A.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- manufacturing, product design, scale
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Vaccine against dengue close
The first anti-dengue vaccine is expected to be licensed by major regulatory agencies from the end of next year, health experts from ASEAN countries have been told.
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- Health Care
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Health impacts of planetary change, swelling cities: New assignment for UN think tank in Malaysia
United Nations University will help pioneer a fresh trail in global health research, exploring links between the planet's health and human health at an institute in Kuala Lumpur generously supported by Malaysia.
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- Education, Health Care
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Life-saving bananas undergo human trials
It's the genetically modified fruit from Australia that could turn East African nations into life-saving banana republics.
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- Health Care
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