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Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade.
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- South Asia
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G8 Alliance: Corporate boogeyman or vehicle to smallholder empowerment?
Launched just over a year ago, the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition is a global partnership formed by G8 governments, the private sector and African leaders with the goal of lifting 50 million people out of poverty by 2022. The combination of donor commitments, private sector investments and policy reforms by African governments are setting conditions for public-private partnerships to spark agriculture transformation.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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What will Google Glass do for health?
It's probably the most anticipated and potentially transformative new gadget since the smartphone. But unlike the iPhone, Google Glass has also been heralded with a healthy dose of controversy.Although few folks have yet managed to get their mitts on a pair, lots of people have some pretty passionate ideas about what the technology – which enables hands-free Web and camera access – will mean, for healthcare and society at large.
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Only 1 in 20 washes hands properly
Only one in every twenty people washes their hands properly, a new global survey has found. And South Africans are no exception. Although South African adults are worried about infectious diseases, they still don't wash their hands properly.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Data visualisation aims to change view of global health
By creating a new and innovative way to look at massive amounts of patient data worldwide, one man hopes he can change the way public health crises are managed, as Cynthia Graber reports.
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India signs loan agreement with World Bank for US$ 255 million for National AIDS Control Project-IV
An agreement for loan of US$ 255 million (equivalent) from World Bank for the "National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)" was signed here today between India and the World Bank.
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Talking Condoms and Global Health: Firdaus Kharas’ innovative approach to health behavior change
Behavior change is often called the holy grail of global health promotion. Everyone recognizes its promise in preventing illnesses and injuries, yet it is vastly difficult to accomplish - particularly on a global scale. But acclaimed producer/director Firdaus Kharas believes he’s found an effective approach, which he describes in this interview (with video).
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Are global vaccination programmes helping the most needy?
As the politics of aid to lower income countries comes under greater scrutiny are the needs of the poor in middle income countries being missed? And as 'big Pharma' flexes its muscles is enough being done to hold down skyrocketing vaccine prices to benefit those who need them most? The latest controversy is between two organisations that have the same goal - to provide vaccines to citizens of poorer countries.
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- Health Care
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