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Vietnam Gets Ready to Self-Finance Vaccine Program
Financial support from international partners will be cut back now that the country has achieved the middle-income status.
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- South Asia
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Online HMO and the Future of Nigerian Healthcare System
The advent of online health insurance system in Nigeria by AVON HMO promises to change the Nigerian health sector for good.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Serial Testers and Cursory Checks: India’s Flawed Generic Drug Trials Business
Vasudeva Prakash left his job as a mechanic in Hyderabad three years ago for what he calls a more lucrative career: taking part in clinical trials on generic drugs.
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Health workers can be wildly successful at saving lives when they have a profit motive
The preventable death of children in poor countries remains one of the world’s greatest scourges. Close to 3 million children under the age of five die each year, mainly in the developing world, from diseases that are easily treated.
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Cabinet okays sale of India’s first pharma firm
In the second strategic sale approval in over 12 years, the Cabinet today cleared the sale of India's first pharma company Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd as well as Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd after selling their surplus land.
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Community Tablet set to accelerate digital inclusion in rural Mozambique
The internet is a key enabler of social development and education. While internet services have shown phenomenal success in other parts of the world, access to the internet remains low in Africa, especially in the rural communities. According to the Internet World Stats for Africa 2016, only 9.3% of people across the African continent are internet users.
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A vision for WHO for 2017 and beyond
As I turn the calendar page to January 2017, I am keen to look ahead and examine our health challenges for the coming year and decade - challenges with goals and targets which have been well defined in our United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and especially, in the ‘health goal’ or SDG 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
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Biopharma: India’s New Sunrise Sector
India is frequently referred to as the pharmacy to the world. While our generics industry has indeed made a name for itself globally, we are yet to see any priority being accorded to new drug discovery. Dr Frank Lichtenberg of the Columbia University and the National Bureau of Economic Research studied 30 developing and high income countries, for a decade beginning in 2000, to establish clearly that pharmaceutical innovation serves to enhance longevity, increase productivity and reduce medical expenditure. It is time to prioritize research and move from 'Make in India' to 'Innovate in India'.
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