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‘SuperMum’ campaign results in startling improvements in people’s hand-washing behavior
An analysis of a unique "SuperMum" (SuperAmma) handwashing campaign shows for the first time that using emotional motivators, such as feelings of disgust and nurture, rather than health messages, can result in significant, long-lasting improvements in people's handwashing behaviour, and could in turn help to reduce the risk of infectious diseases.
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- Education, Health Care
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Try digital condom for electrifying sex
Considering how important they are to modern society and how little people like wearing the things, it's a wonder that the design of the condom has barely changed over hundreds of years. The drawback of having a prophylactic that is so widely disliked has even inspired the Gates Foundation to make the invention of "the Next Generation of Condom" one of their Grand Challenges in Global Health — a research initiative designed to find solutions to 15 global health problems.
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- Education, Health Care
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Opinion: The Role of Global Health R&D in the New Development Framework
While everybody recognises that health is an essential precondition for development, the research and innovation dimension of global health has too often been side-lined in the development discourse.
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- Education, Health Care
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Tackling Newborn Deaths? We Need More (Qualified) Health Workers
With 78,977 stillbirths and first-day deaths, the Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the highest newborn mortality rate across sub-Saharan Africa, despite enjoying a high rate of 80.4 percent of skilled attendance at birth.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. Telemedicine Initiative Tackles Diabetes Epidemic in Libya
A Libyan-American steering group has been created to manage local outreach, and get as many retinal cameras into primary care situations as possible.
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- Education, Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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Mobile Vaccine Vans to Make Healthcare Services More Convenient in Kashmir
Under the scheme of the National Rural Health Mission, Teeka Express, a mobile vaccine van, was launched in Rajouri District.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance, vaccines
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Press Release : USC Marshall Establishes Master’s Degree in Social Entrepreneurship
Traditionally, students looking to make a social impact in such areas as health, poverty alleviation, environment, education and government pursued advance degrees in public policy and social work.
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- Education
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Why Adolescent Health And Why Now?
With less than two years left to the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for maternal and child health and survival, the UN Secretary-General's independent Expert Review Group (iERG) for monitoring progress did something remarkable last year.
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- Education, Health Care
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- nutrition
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