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New plan to ensure universal health care in Somalia
Every Somali citizen will have access to basic healthcare by 2016 if a new, government-led strategic plan achieves its aims.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The New State Department Office of Global Health Diplomacy: A Second Chance to Get Things Right
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in one of her final acts as secretary, created the Office of Global Health Diplomacy (OGHD) and appointed Dr. Eric Goosby to head the new office.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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NexThought Monday – Crunch Time: How a 1-year grant reshaped a Bangladesh cereal market
Through a pilot, Land O’Lakes International Development discovered that producing nutritious snacks for kids is indeed cheaper and faster when sourced in-country, and working with the right partners. But they also found that making connections between farmers and food processors can strengthen a once-weak value chain with incredible results.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- nutrition
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FEATURED EVENT – The 10th Annual Global Health & Innovation Conference: Join the world’s largest global health & social entrepreneurship conference April 13-14
Unite for Sight has become an acclaimed NGO, and the Global Health & Innovation Conference has become the world’s largest global health and social entrepreneurship event. Join NextBillion Health Care on April 13-14 in New Haven, Connecticut for the 10th annual conference.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- public health
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Despite Progress, Immunization of African Children Falling Short
Researchers say that despite progress immunizing African children against disease, vaccination efforts are falling far short of what’s needed.
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- Health Care
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A Plan to Chart Heart Risk in 1 Million Adults in Real Time
Researchers are launching a major study that will marshal the power of smartphones and other personal technologies in an effort to develop new strategies for preventing and managing heart disease.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Nutrients for All Google Hangout: Thursday, March 21 at 11:00 am
Good health requires good nutrition. And ensuring global access to nutrient products requires game-changing ideas to help us rethink our connection to the environment, as well as to each other. Join a panel of health and nutrition experts for a Google Hangout on March 21 at 11:00 am EST - part of Ashoka’s “Health Ideas” week on NextBillion Health Care.
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- Health Care
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Shaping a Market for Nutrient Economies – Part 2: The value of partnerships
As we’ve seen in Ashoka Changemakers’ Nutrients for All campaign, there are several markets involved in bringing nutrient products to consumers. Interventions in these different markets can have a major impact, starting at the earliest stages in a product’s development, and they often involve multiple partners. This post, the second in a two-part series, shows how these interventions work in practice.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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