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Report Finds Gradual Fall in Female Genital Cutting in Africa
A comprehensive new assessment of the ancient practice of female genital cutting has found a gradual but significant decline in many countries, even in some where it remains deeply entrenched.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Diagnostics by Phone: uChek’s smartphone solution provides urinalysis everywhere
In rural areas at the BoP, patients often have to trek a long way to their nearest health center and diagnostics lab. So they only visit the doctor if they’re really sick, and rarely go for lower-priority services like screenings and preventive care. That’s why Biosense Technologies has developed uChek, a diagnostic app that converts a smartphone into a lab urinanalyzer that can screen for about 25 medical conditions.
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- Health Care, Technology
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The Good Nurses of Busia County
When Aditi and I arrived in Busia, dust-splayed and weather-beaten on the shared backseat of a boda boda, we did not look like your average tourists.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pakistan Battles Polio, and Its People’s Mistrust
Usman, who limps on a leg bowed by the polio he caught as a child, made sure that his first three children were protected from the disease, but he turned away vaccinators when his youngest was born. He was furious that the Central Intelligence Agency, in its hunt for Osama bin Laden, had staged a fake vaccination campaign, and infuriated by American drone strikes, one of which, he said, had struck the son of a man he knew, blowing off his head.
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- South Asia
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African fever patients commonly over-diagnosed with malaria
People hospitalised with fever in Africa are most likely to be treated for malaria but, in some areas, nearly all of these patients are ill from a different infection, a new collaborative study led by a University of Otago researcher suggests.
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The BoP Century?: The exciting (or scary) implications of demographics for global health and social enterprise (Bi-weekly Checkup, 7/20/13)
By 2100, Nigeria is projected to have a population of almost 1 billion. Other sub-Saharan African countries will also experience spectacular growth, and the population of developing countries will far surpass that of the rest of the world. We explore these possible changes and their exciting (or disturbing) implications in NextBillion Health Care’s Bi-weekly Checkup.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- public health
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Innovation for Health: How Text Messages and Micro-Insurance Help the Urban Poor Stay Healthy
Slum residents across the Global South lack access to affordable health care services. Despite a pervasive lack of funding, often mediocre infrastructure, and too few trained personnel, slum dwellers have come up with innovative solutions. Using forums, text messages, micro-insurance, and community engagement, they help residents in Mumbai, Nairobi, Jakarta, Rio de Janeiro, and Mexico City lead healthier lives.
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As disease rates fall in Africa, EU urged to maintain health aid
African governments are spending more of their own money to combat the AIDS virus, malaria and other health plagues, but a senior global health official says progress in preventing infectious diseases could slow if the EU and other donors skimp on their aid.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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