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Study Says Health disparities “could be eliminated in a generation”
Health disparities between rich and poor nations could be banished in a generation by investment in research, vaccines and drugs to combat diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, global health experts said on Tuesday.
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Clean Data for Cleaner Cookstoves: Smartphone app helps improve a life-saving product
Premature deaths from air pollution exceed deaths from malaria and AIDS combined. Indoor cooking contributes to this, but though clean cookstove technology is more than three decades old, slow adoption by consumers means these cookstoves still aren’t in widespread use in the developing world. To fix this problem, some in the industry are changing their focus from technology to people.
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- Health Care, Technology
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A Win-Win for Global Health: How to Combat AIDS and the Global Health Worker Shortage in Rwanda
A program partnering health workers in Rwanda and the U.S. needs to continue.
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- Health Care
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Sterilization Without Electricity: Technology being adapted to make surgery safer in low-resource environments
Worldwide, 1.2 billion people lack access to electricity, and sterilizing medical instruments is currently impossible in the absence of an energy source. That’s why Eniware is building a power-free, low-cost, portable medical instrument sterilization unit.
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Africa: Millions Still Waiting for Aids Revolution
According to UNAIDS one in four people who start HIV treatment in low-and middle-income countries do so dangerously late.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Duke Global Health Institute brings pediatric care to Guatemala
A multidisciplinary team from Duke is providing pediatric surgical care and research in Guatemala, where access to medical services is limited.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Latin America
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Why the Global Fund is the Best Investment You Could Make
The Global Fund also plays a critical role in strengthening health care in developing countries, but the impact of the Global Fund extends far beyond lives saved.
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GAVI Alliance board to consider new vaccine support
GAVI Alliance partners gathered in Cambodia this week for a meeting to determine which new vaccines will be added to its portfolio of support, the organization said on Tuesday.
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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