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Uganda: Deeply Flawed HIV Bill Approved
The HIV Prevention and Control Act passed by the Ugandan parliament on May 13, 2014, is discriminatory and will impede the fight against AIDS, Human Rights Watch, HEALTH Global Advocacy Project, and Uganda Network on Law, Ethics & HIV/AIDS said today.
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- governance
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Need for affordable medical services driving students to develop healthcare applications in India
The need for affordable medical services and a growing market for tech-based applications are driving students to develop healthcare applications in India. Over a dozen campus startups that topped various industry contests this year are breaking new ground in medical technologies.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Bank of Africa supports health sector
The Bank of Africa Tanzania has started giving loans to health sector institutions such as health centers, dispensaries and hospitals to enable them improve services.
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- Health Care
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Why, How Market Dynamics Matters: Interventions can improve health outcomes, but it’s a time-consuming and complex process
Market dynamics is a hot topic these days. Why? Because if we understand market dynamics, we’re better able to design, implement, monitor and evaluate interventions that improve health outcomes by improving the “health” of markets
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Getting to know PSI’s market-based sanitation work in India: Part 3 – The supply-and-demand see-saw
The 3SI project is currently offering three toilet designs (standard, deluxe and super deluxe) at three different price points: INR 19,000, 25,000 and 29,000 (US $316, $416 and $483, respectively).
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- Health Care
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Gwynedd: Billionaire Microsoft boss Bill Gates funds $1.4m grant for firm’s vaccine cooler
Sure Chill Company receives support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for live-saving vaccination product
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- Health Care
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Africa: Neglected Tropical Diseases Treatments Hit 1 Billion Mark
Washington — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) May 8 celebrated its support of the delivery of 1 billion neglected tropical disease (NTD) treatments that are helping more than 465 million people in 25 countries in some of the world's poorest populations.
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- Health Care
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Market Dynamics, Your Time Has Come: NextBillion Health Care launches a new initiative; let the debate begin
Market dynamics is emerging as a key to delivering health care to the base of the pyramid. NextBillion Health Care is launching a new initiative in recognition of that fact.
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- Health Care
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