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Fighting HIV and Malaria in Uganda: Quality Chemical Industries produces low-cost antiretroviral drugs while spurring local manufacturing
Quality Chemical Industries produces low-cost antiretroviral drugs while spurring local manufacturing in Uganda. It has greatly increased the country’s access to malaria and HIV/AIDS treatment. The company is expanding, with hopes of exporting its drugs to other east African countries. But its growth has been held back by government subsidies of more expensive, imported drugs.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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GAVI aims to improve access to vaccines in Nigeria through supply chains project
Funding for cold chain equipment and improved data collection to support Nigeria’s Saving One Million Lives Initiative
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Insight: The poison pill in India’s search for cheap food
Nearly a decade ago, the Indian government ruled out a ban on the production and use of monocrotophos, the highly toxic pesticide that killed 23 children this month in a village school providing free lunches under a government-sponsored program
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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How Do You Design a Medical Gadget That Costs 95 Percent Less Than Before?
The Food and Drug Administration classifies an endoscope as a Class II medical device, but technically it’s just a long plastic tube with a light and camera at the end.
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Seeking Scalable Solutions to Promote Nutrient-Rich Food: Insights from young innovators in Ashoka Changemakers’ Nutrients for All idea exchange
To have widespread, affordable access to nutrient-rich food, we need to work with the food industry, and take advantage of advances in science and technology. But how can this work in practice? Ashoka Changemakers and Thought for Food hosted an idea exchange with several young innovators, who discussed their work and the challenges of making nutritious food widely available.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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Battle of the bulge
As waistlines grow, so does the fight against junk food
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- Health Care
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- nutrition
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Bribery Serves as Life-Support for Chinese Hospitals
Bribery is the lubricant that helps keep China’s public hospitals running, and the health system would struggle to function without illegal payments to poorly paid doctors and administrators, say medical practitioners and industry experts.
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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What healthcare leaders can do to nurture innovation
The five top tips to harness potential and give staff a licence to suggest changes
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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