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Why Ending Malaria May Be More About Backhoes Than Bed Nets
Wiping out malaria is still a top goal for many leaders in global health.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance, infrastructure
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Indian cos among emerging world’s vaccine heroes: Bill Gates
According to Gates, Serum Institute produces a higher volume of vaccines than any other company in the world
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- manufacturing, vaccines
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Health program launched by Indian government to cover urban areas with over 50,000 population
A flagship programme of the UPA government at the Centre, it is a counterpart of the National Rural Health Mission
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance
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How vaccines helped India defeat polio while Pakistan become a reservoir for the virus
The diverging fortunes of India and Pakistan in recent years show what an effective vaccination push can do to tackle disease.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance, vaccines
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How to Build a Market for Eyeglasses: More than 600 million people have serious vision problems and they — and society — pay a steep price
It would take $5 million to $10 million in venture capital to start an international company that would buy a million eyeglasses in mainland China at around 50 cents apiece, design robust, visually appealing mobile display stands ... (and develop) an effective global distribution and marketing strategy.
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- Health Care
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- poverty alleviation, scale
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‘Nation’s economic situation influences health of people’
Academique, an inter-disciplinary group in the DST Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) held a discussion on 'Social determinants of health' in the 275th session on Sunday.
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- Health Care
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Why city life is unhealthy
The rapid increase in the number of urban inhabitants will be among the most important global health issues of the 21st century.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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No pneumonia vaccines for Kampala
In an effort to protect infants from Pneumonia, the ministry of Health is rolling out administration of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV), starting this week.
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- Health Care
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- supply chains, vaccines
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