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‘The Govt’s decision of sending inexperienced MBBS doctors to rural India is flawed’
According to various sources, the Central Government and the Medical Council of India have reached a consensus about introducing a compulsory one-year rural stint for any MBBS student who wishes to sit for post-graduation entrance exams.
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Beyond the Clinic: A holistic approach to creating community health in Ecuador
Most health care systems are structured to treat illness. APROFE, an Ecuadorian non-profit, focuses on preventing it by creating thriving communities. Its outreach programs include everything from health education and preventive care to entrepreneurial development, aiming to make communities – and the people in them – healthy, happy and prosperous.
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- Education, Health Care
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Mandela’s long hospitalization sparks end-of-life discussions in South Africa
Sean Davison's mother, a doctor, knew she faced an impending, painful death from cancer. Not willing to endure it, she chose to end her life by not eating. That attempt, Davison said, went terribly wrong.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pneumonia: The “forgotten killer”
GlobalPost correspondent Marissa Miley heads to Zambia to look at efforts to prevent and treat the leading cause of death for children under five.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Megatrends in Global Health Care
Powerful trends are at work — all around the world — forcing changes in how health care will be conceived and delivered in the decades ahead. The editors of HBR have compiled a list of 12 megatrends that will dramatically change how we must think about the issue and some of the largely unrecognized consequences.
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Clinical trials and global health equity
What happens when people who previously did not have access are provided with the kind of health care that most of The Lancet’s readership takes for granted?
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Global Fund signs $100 million grant agreement with Namibia
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria signed grant agreements on Tuesday with Namibia for $91.6 million to support the national response to HIV and $8.5 million for malaria programs.
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Mental health needs realistic treatment – or we face decades of wasted time
NGOs can play a decisive role in ensuring that those with mental health problems aren't misdiagnosed, and receive treatment that takes cultural and educational barriers into account
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- Health Care
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