-
The Doctor is (Checking) In … Via Mobile: Pesinet combines apps, mircoinsruance with old-fashioned grassroots education
In Mali and Burkina Faso, an NGO uses a three-prong approach designed to get families to bring their children to local health centers starting with the earliest symptoms.
- Categories
- Environment, Health Care, Technology
-
GSK bets on emerging markets with $1 billion plan to raise stake in India unit
GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) has decided to spend roughly $1 billion to raise its stake in its Indian pharmaceutical unit, betting on rising demand in emerging markets as sales in developed economies slow due to a wave of patent expirations.
- Categories
- Health Care
-
Give every health worker in Africa a bike
When we first met health workers like Kaemba, they told us that when they didn't have a bike -- which was most of the time -- or, when they have a bike and that it had broken down -- almost always -- they couldn't do the job they had been trained for.
- Categories
- Health Care
-
They Shot For Zero, But Couldn’t Squash Polio In 2013
This year was on track for a record-low number of polio cases. But polio pushed back hard. It reappeared in some places and spiked in others. Still, global health officials remain confident that polio can be defeated soon.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Tags
- vaccines
-
Health sector needs a paradigm shift to escape morass
Kenyans mourn for the people who have died in senseless road accidents even as the country celebrates its Golden Jubilee. It is regrettable that a country that was born out of bloodshed in the fight for independence should witness more deaths in hospitals due to the ongoing health workers’ strike.
- Categories
- Health Care
-
Reversing ‘Diabesity’: Jana Care using new weapons to tackle diabetes and obesity
A team of engineers piggybacks on the recent spread of mobile phones and the Internet in India to educate patients as well as to change their unhealthy behaviors in a way they hope is scalable and cost-effective.
- Categories
- Health Care, Technology
-
UNITAID approves grants of over $140 million
UNITAID’s Executive Board has approved over $140 million in new funding. The organisation remains committed to children living with HIV/AIDS and will continue funding treatment for almost 100,000 children in Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda. Additional investments have been targeted to further stabilize the paediatric HIV treatment market. UNITAID will also continue funding for existing projects to shape markets for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
- Categories
- Health Care
-
Secretive US Trade Deal Could Endanger Global Health Gains
Much of the concern focuses on a host of provisions that would impact the ability of poor communities to get cheap generic medicines.
- Categories
- Health Care