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Is the ‘glass half-empty’ drowning our efforts in Global Health?
In the 18 months since the 2011 UN High Level Meeting (HLM) on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), increasing discussion has surrounded this vast and growing epidemiological burden.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Kenya: Major Price Cut for Rapid TB Test
The cost of a highly accurate, rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been reduced by 40 percent under a new agreement between the US government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the health financing mechanism, UNITAID.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Announcing the Winners of the NextBillion Case Writing Competition
How BTPN Bank in Indonesia continues to service low-income borrowers is the subject of the winning case in the NextBillion’s Case Writing Contest. The case, “BTPN: Banking for the Bottom of the Pyramid in Indonesia,” was written by a team from University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce in Charlottesville.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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Rethinking TB vaccines
As researchers consider who might benefit most from the next wave of tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, some argue that we're not doing enough with the vaccine we already have.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Africa: HIV/Aids – New Investment in Point-of-Care Evaluation
International medicines financing mechanism UNITAID will invest more than US$140 million to evaluate point-of-care HIV diagnostic and monitoring technology in seven African countries.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Clever Packaging: Essential Medicine Rides Coke’s Distribution Into Remote Villages
Simon Berry is piggybacking on Coca-Cola’s distribution system to bring life-saving medicine to the places that need it most.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Bi-Weekly Checkup (3/29/13): A conversation about everything
Has this ever happened to you? You’re talking about an important global problem – let’s say it’s poor nutrition – with a group of colleagues. You’re focusing on a specific issue – for example, the best way to promote healthy eating in BoP communities. But soon the conversation starts to expand - as soon as you address one problem, another one arises...
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- nutrition, public health
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Accurate TB tests needed in the private sector
More affordable tests should be introduced in the private sector as 70% of Indians seek private medical care for TB.
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- Health Care
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- public health