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Colombia Consolidates Itself As A Health Destination In Latin America
The country is pioneer in creating its own accreditation systems. There are 16 national Colombian institutions accredited nationally and two accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI).
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- Latin America
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- public health
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Doctors reap in billions as Cuba’s top export
Cuba is out to boost its top export, an ever-more critical pillar of its economy.
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- Latin America
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- public health
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Africa: Pepfar Marks 10 Years, 1 Million Healthy Babies
One million babies are alive today because their HIV-infected mothers received medication to prevent them from transmitting the virus to their infants.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Let’s set a global drug quality benchmark
The crisis in Indian pharma is a chance to develop a new regulatory path
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- Health Care
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- governance, public health
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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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- Health Care
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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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