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Political leaders join experts on health to call for innovation in sustainable funding
Global health experts and political leaders meeting in Davos, Switzerland on the side lines of the World Economic Forum, have concluded that finding innovative ways to optimize funding for health programmes in developing and middle-income countries will be key to development and economic growth.
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- Health Care
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Preparing for a dengue fever vaccine: why Brazil’s ahead of the game
Six dengue vaccine candidates are in various stages of clinical development but developing countries will not receive the benefits if planning does not start now.
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- Health Care
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10,000 toilets to be built annually with microfinance in rural India
An NGO, Gramalaya, and a microfinance firm called Guardian have been implementing the sanitation project by providing financial loans to villagers to build toilets. They have also secured the support of government authorities to initiate the project.
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- Health Care
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Using Open Innovation to Deliver High-End Healthcare Disruption
The lifeblood of any successful company stems from a sustained stream of commercially viable innovations, both incremental and breakthrough. As any seasoned executive will tell you, maintaining that steady stream is one of the most difficult management challenges he or she faces.
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- Education, Health Care
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Health Care by Subscription in India: Sevamob offers clinics, insurance in low-income communities
Sevamob offers customers preventative care and regular checkups, delivered to their doorstep, for $1.60 per month. For an additional 80 cents per month, subscribers can opt for a basic insurance plan.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Malaria eradication: Cure all?
A novel approach, using drugs instead of insecticides, may make it easier to eliminate malaria. But it is not without controversy.
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- Health Care
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Tuberculosis trial fails to aid S. African miners
What researchers described as a “radical” bid to cut down on tuberculosis among South African gold miners has failed to prevent infections or deaths, said a study out Wednesday.
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Launch Of the Africa Health Forum
Groupe Jeune Afrique and the African Development Bank announce the launch of the AFRICA HEALTH FORUM, the first international forum focusing on the health economy in Africa, which will take place in Geneva on 16 and 17 May 2014.
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- Health Care
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