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Tata Group donates $15.5M to IIT Bombay to develop low-cost solutions for BoP consumers
Indian multinational conglomerate Tata Group has donated $15.5 million (Rs 95 crore) to IIT Bombay (IIT-B) to setup a virtual centre, which would focus on developing low-cost technologies for the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) consumers, says a report in The Economic Times, quoting IIT-B director Devang V Khakhar.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Humans give malaria to mosquitoes – we need a vaccine to stop this
On Wednesday, the world marks World Mosquito Day to commemorate the 1897 discovery by British doctor Sir Ronald Ross that malaria in people is transmitted to and from mosquitoes. Ross won a Nobel prize for his discovery, and, since then, mosquitoes have been enemy No 1 when it comes to defeating a disease that takes a life every single minute – most of them children in sub-Saharan Africa. But on this day, let’s focus on approaching malaria in a surprising new way: a vaccine to stop humans from giving malaria to mosquitoes.
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- Education, Health Care
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- product design, research, vaccines
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Liberian Natives Work To Fight Ebola Outbreak From Boston
In Boston, some natives of Liberia are working to improve sanitation conditions and train health workers on the ground in their homeland, as the country and two of its neighbors battle a deadly Ebola outbreak.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Armed Men Raid Liberia Ebola Quarantine Center
A group of young men armed with clubs, claiming that "there's no Ebola" in Liberia, raided a quarantine center for the deadly disease in Monrovia overnight, prompting about 20 patients infected with the deadly virus to flee, a witness said Sunday.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Stopping Disease With A Simple Innovation: New Floors
A Stanford University student re-invents an ancient earthen material--adobe--to work well in a country where dirt floors can cause death.
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- Education, Health Care
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- public health, research
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Ebola and ethics: Are rich nations doing enough to fight the outbreak?
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a matter of justice and ethics, experts said Tuesday. This has to do with medical testing and international funding.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dengue vaccine is just a year away, researchers say
A new vaccine that can halve the number of dengue cases provides a welcome shot to fight a deadly disease that infects around 390 million people every year in the tropics.
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- Education, Health Care
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WHO backs use of experimental Ebola drugs in West Africa outbreak
It is ethical to offer unproven drugs or vaccines to people infected or at risk in West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak, a World Health Organisation panel of medical ethics experts ruled on Tuesday, but cautioned supplies will be limited.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa