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Cathy Pharoah: Hail to the Social Stock Exchange
It's a rallying cry to the business world, but will sharpen the challenges that charities face, writes our columnist
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Q&A: Jeffrey Sachs on the world’s post-MDG future
The UN special advisor and director of a key science network tells SciDev.Net what the road to 2015 will look like.
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Literacy, Not Income, Key To Improving Public Health In India
New research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Lifestyle changes contributing to ill health in China
Pollution, poor diet and stress are causing health problems in world's most populous country despite health reforms and affordable healthcare
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- Asia Pacific
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- nutrition
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Fake & sub-standard drugs: India, China may be worst offenders
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has a humble disclosure to make: there is still no accurate estimate of the global scale of counterfeit medicines.
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- South Asia
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Dengue vaccine to be out soon
A vaccine for the prevention of dengue may soon be released before 2016.
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Tastes Like Chicken (But it’s Not): Taste bud re-education and other innovative solutions to malnutrition
Modern society has lost a vital connection to the earth. Few of us touch the soil, and we’ve even forgotten how wholesome nutrients taste. Our taste buds have been desensitized by excessive salt, sugar and additives, contributing to poor nutrition and health problems. But some innovators are tackling these issues, promoting a modern agricultural society and a return to traditional foods.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- nutrition, public health
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New $1 patch can deliver vaccines without injections
Professor Mark Kendall's Nanopatch was shown off last night to crowds at TEDGlobal
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