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Genetically engineered mosquitoes could be vital weapon against malaria
An Oxford-based biotech firm is modifying the males of the species to be sterile, effectively making the killers kill themselves.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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- research
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“Correlation is not causation”: Roodman takes issue with World Bank study
The issue is standard. Correlation is not causation. The Economist makes a strikingly confident statement about how one thing affects another. The problem is that in families and villages, everything affects everything. Taking more microloans can make people wealthier or poorer. Being wealthier or poorer can make people take more microloans. The arrows go in circles. Statistics can measure correlations. How do we make the leap to causation?
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Obesity Threatens to Overtake Hunger as No. 1 Global Health Concern
In 1950, the number of starving individuals on Earth was estimated to be around 700 million. At the time, obesity affected approximately 100 million people around the globe, primarily in rich countries. These statistics have changed dramatically over the past six decades.
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- Education, Health Care
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- nutrition
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PRESS RELEASE: The Aspen Institute Announces Second Class of New Voices Fellows
Leaders from three continents join fellowship to bring local perspectives on international development to global dialogue
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- Education, Health Care
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Fears for global health R&D after US budget battle
Future research and development targeting diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria may be at risk because of across-the-board federal cuts implemented last year by the United States, the largest funder of global health R&D, warns a report.
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- Education, Health Care
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USAID, Hillary Clinton Launch Global Development Lab for Game-Changing Innovations
The event will take place in New York, with Hillary Clinton delivering the keynote address, following an internal launch and a USAID town hall discussion earlier this week in Washington, D.C.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Technology
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- governance, nutrition
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South Africa to use Flavored Condoms to Tackle HIV
South Africa has some 6.4 million HIV-positive people - more than any other country.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dabbawallas to Spread Dengue, Malaria Messages in Mumbai
On Monday, the city's 50,000-odd dabbawallas will tag a health message-'prevent and control vector-borne diseases'-to each of the two lakh tiffin boxes that they carry throughout the day.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia