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Vaccine nanoparticles offer shake-and-bake field delivery
To be able to make vaccines on site simply and effectively would greatly benefit remote areas that are often hampered by both distance from the source of vaccines and the difficulty of refrigeration.
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A Year Your Grandmother Could Love: Crystal ball says in 2014, it’s back to basics like “Wash those hands!”
There will be no small amount of technological innovation in 2014, according to our prognostication, but there will also be a renewed focus on tried-and-true, small steps that could have a huge impact on global health.
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- Education, Health Care
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Viral load tests ‘could transform HIV treatment failure’
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an increased use of viral load monitoring to improve treatment outcomes of HIV patients, in its latest study on testing in Africa.
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- Education, Health Care
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More jobs? Forget IT, look at healthcare instead
Finance and information technology may be the sectors everybody wants to be in. But when it comes to jobs creation in a growing economy like India, these sectors are turning out to be laggards as they are less labour-intensive. Health and construction sectors are the ones that have the potential to create more jobs.
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- Education, Health Care
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Cease-fires only defense in battle against polio
Once virtually eradicated, polio again stalks the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The innocent victims are mostly young children. The perpetrators are insurgents and indifferent governments. The polio resurgence is preventable and it is time to pull out an old but proven technique to halt its spread: Days of Tranquility.
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Canada supports Peru’s efforts in healthcare innovation
Peru’s National Council for Science, Technology, & Technological Innovation (Concytec) and Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, have announced a collaborative agreement that will support ‘Stars in Global Health’ innovators based in Peru.
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- Health Care
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Long-term Health Problems After Natural Disasters Strike
Health obstacles plague communities long after a natural disaster.
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- Education, Health Care
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Kalam inaugurates tele-radiology unit at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai
Patients who are rushed to hospital in times of emergency may not always be lucky enough to have the individual attention of a specialist. But with the 'tele-radiology project', an initiative of Apollo Hospitals, it may be possible.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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