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African Medical students join fight against diabetes
Over 5000 medical students at the University of Nairobi, Makerere University and University of Namibia are set to steer the fight against diabetes.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Gates Foundation’s Trevor Mundel on the Opposite of Rare Disease
The foundation, started by a titan of capitalism, understands that if it’s going to make any kind of dent in huge health problems, it needs to tap into the resources of pharma and biotech
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- Health Care
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Ethiopia spreads health awareness in its villages over coffee
The government has employed an army of women health workers to educate rural women about healthy lifestyle practices
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Global Fund needs global collaboration
We should fund the Global Fund, no doubt about it. But we should ask the right questions now and initiate a change that would make a difference in development assistance.
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- Health Care
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- impact investing
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New Study Demonstrates the Power of Ultrasound Screenings to Transform Maternal and Newborn Care in Rural Uganda
"Magnet Effect" caused by access to innovative ultrasound technology includes positive clinical trends in antenatal visits and newborn deliveries
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Delegates Debate Climate Change Influence On Health
Through providing leadership, advocacy, policy and research, the Alliance aims to ensure health impacts are integrated into global, national and local responses to climate change and to encourage the health sector's mitigation and adaptation efforts.
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- Education, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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World Bank Identifies Threats to Global Health – Says Policy Interventions Can Turn the Tide
A new World Bank report warns that risky behaviors -smoking, using illicit drugs, alcohol abuse, unhealthy diets, and unsafe sex-- are increasing globally and pose a growing threat to the health of individuals, particularly in developing countries.
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- Education, Health Care
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- public health
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