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Is high blood pressure the new HIV epidemic?
High blood pressure could be as devastating to global health as HIV, a group of experts is warning.
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- Education, Health Care
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African Development Bank Holds First Forum On Development of Health in Africa
Convinced that investing in health is a prerequisite for economic growth, the African Development Bank, in partnership with Groupe Jeune Afrique, is organizing the Africa Health Forum, the first public-private forum on Africa's health economy.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Health Organization calls for action after predicting rise in cancer cases
The number of cancer cases will rise by half by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Developing countries are set to bear the brunt of the increase, with governments urged to take preventative action.
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- Health Care
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New Dimensions in Health Care: 3D printers offer economy, new products and jobs
3D printers remain confined to technical universities and specialized labs in developing countries, but enthusiasts believe their time in the spotlight, particularly in the developed world, has come.
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- Health Care
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Flushing Five Myths About the Business of Sanitation
We’re continually told a number of myths about water, sanitation and the potential for companies to reach the poor in emerging markets that face daunting infrastructure challenges. My co-authors and I debunk many of them in our book: “Tapping the Markets: Opportunities for Domestic Investments in Water and Sanitation for the Poor.”
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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Govt creating India Inclusive Innovation Fund with initial corpus of $80M
Registered as venture capital entity, it is targeting to take the total investible funds to around $800 million in two years.
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- Health Care
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Ministry Seeks to Quash Measles, Rubella Vaccination Rumors
The Ministry of Health has moved to calm public fears over the safety of the measles and rubella (MR) vaccine, which was administered to 4.5 million Cambodian children in the last three months of 2013, as rumors circulate that it poses sinister health risks, according to a statement issued last week.
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- Education, Health Care
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- vaccines
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Health-care innovations to drive down local costs
A diagnostic kit that can detect tuberculosis (TB) in 25 minutes, diagnosis of diabetes using a dipstick and a doctor consultation that can be capped at R50. These are just a few of the health-care innovations that South African medical researchers and companies have up their sleeves, and are planning to introduce to the health-care system in their bid to drive down costs.
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- Health Care
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