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Why mHealth Alliance is moving to the Global South
The company which champions the use of mobile technologies to improve health around the world will move its headquarters to South Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How a $16M Nike-led effort could reshape Brazil’s health and economy
A three-year, $16 million initiative led by Nike Inc. to get more Brazilian children involved in physical activity could ultimately help the World Cup host nation avert an economic catastrophe.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
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Innovate or die: what it takes to transform global health
Social entrepreneurs are changing the lives of millions in the developing world, but it is often a lonely and frustrating journey. Ken Banks shares his tips for success for would-be innovators.
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- Health Care
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In Latest Report, Professors Propose Health Investment Framework
A global public health report co-authored by Harvard University professor Lawrence H. Summers, School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk, and Public Health professor Sue J. Goldie, among others, proposes an unprecedented investment framework to significantly reduce health disparities between the poorest and the wealthiest nations.
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- Health Care
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Philips partners Africa to promote maternal, child health
Over the years, efforts by most countries, including Ghana, to address high maternal and infant mortality rates as a step to meeting Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Four and Five have yielded some results.
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- Health Care
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Masimo and Newborn Foundation Jointly Announce Mobile Health Initiative to Reduce Global Newborn Mortality
The Newborn Foundation’s BORN Project launches with new iSpO2 Rx mobile technology for early detection of health conditions in newborns in low-resource settings.
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- Health Care, Technology
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African Countries Make New Investments in Health
A significant trend in increased domestic investment in health by several African nations is highlighting efforts to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, combined with new contributions to the Global Fund.
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- Health Care
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‘Mobile Midwife’ Empowers Ghanaian Women: Phone apps provide key information during different stages of pregnancy
Almost everyone in Ghana has a mobile phone subscription. That led a to a collaborative initiative to use cell phones to increase the quantity and quality of prenatal and neonatal care in rural Ghana and improve health outcomes for mothers and their newborns.
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- Health Care, Technology, Telecommunications