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Try digital condom for electrifying sex
Considering how important they are to modern society and how little people like wearing the things, it's a wonder that the design of the condom has barely changed over hundreds of years. The drawback of having a prophylactic that is so widely disliked has even inspired the Gates Foundation to make the invention of "the Next Generation of Condom" one of their Grand Challenges in Global Health — a research initiative designed to find solutions to 15 global health problems.
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Vaccines to be manufactured locally – President
Local pharmaceutical companies have benefited from Government funding amounting to Gh¢50 million to manufacture Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARVs) in the country. This was announced by President John Mahama when he delivered the State of the Nation Address to Parliament on Tuesday.
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- Health Care
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Indian Medical Devices Industry Welcomes Changes in Bill
The bill is significant because it recognises medical devices as distinct from pharmaceuticals for the first time and brings needed clarity to device regulation.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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e-health Centre Soon in Ghatshila Subdivision
The electronic health centre that will commence at Musabani Surda in March has the capacity to diagnose 90 patients each day.
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- South Asia
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Opinion: The Role of Global Health R&D in the New Development Framework
While everybody recognises that health is an essential precondition for development, the research and innovation dimension of global health has too often been side-lined in the development discourse.
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Tackling Newborn Deaths? We Need More (Qualified) Health Workers
With 78,977 stillbirths and first-day deaths, the Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the highest newborn mortality rate across sub-Saharan Africa, despite enjoying a high rate of 80.4 percent of skilled attendance at birth.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. Telemedicine Initiative Tackles Diabetes Epidemic in Libya
A Libyan-American steering group has been created to manage local outreach, and get as many retinal cameras into primary care situations as possible.
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- Education, Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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Mobile Vaccine Vans to Make Healthcare Services More Convenient in Kashmir
Under the scheme of the National Rural Health Mission, Teeka Express, a mobile vaccine van, was launched in Rajouri District.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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- governance, vaccines
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