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Rethinking Global Public Health
Families and friends make healthy or unhealthy choices based on social and cultural pressures, especially when it comes to activities like exercise and eating. If we are ever going to solve this trillion-dollar problem, we have to rethink global public health.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Polio in Somalia: UN warns of ‘explosive’ outbreak
The UN has warned of a severe outbreak of polio in Somalia, days after a medical charity pulled out of the country, citing insecurity.
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- Health Care
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Can African Healthcare Systems Handle Growing Economies?
With severely limited resources, African health systems may have to think more radically about how to manage health problems, as well as about striking a more sustainable balance between supply oriented and demand-targeted interventions.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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What went wrong with India’s TB control
The story today is a far cry from the 1960s, when we led the developing countries’ fight against the disease
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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For Indian tech startups, Obamacare mean big bucks as 45 mn Americans pick health covers
A number of young Indian companies that make specialised software and analytics for global healthcare providers are recording a sharp upswing in business as millions of uninsured Americans enrol in a new healthcare system.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- governance
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China eyes health research cooperation with Africa
China plans to improve the health services it provides in Africa and expand its medical aid there, according to the International Cooperation unit at China's National Health and Family Planning Commission.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- research
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There’s a new HIV drug – but Africa will have to wait
A new drug, Tivicay, that could be vital in the struggle against HIV, might not be available to those who need it the most.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Expanding the Scope of Health Care: A roundtable discussion on nutrition’s impact on health, featuring World Food Program Senior Nutrition Advisor Martin Bloem
About two billion people suffer from malnutrition in both developed and developing countries, with another two billion suffering from hidden hunger. We need new approaches to this crisis, as awareness grows of the impact of nutrition on health. Martin Bloem, Senior Nutrition Advisor with the World Food Programme, discussed these issues with Ashoka Changemakers and other nutrition experts.
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- Health Care
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- nutrition, public health
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