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A method for storing vaccines at room temperature
Shipping vaccines in an unbroken temperature-controlled supply chain (a "cold chain") all the way to recipients is a major logistical and financial challenge in remote areas and developing countries. According to Doctors Without Borders, the need to keep vaccines within a temperature range of 2-8°C is one of the main factors behind low immunization-coverage rates.
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- Health Care
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India’s earnings from medical tourism could exceed US $8 billion by 2020
Apollo Hospitals, a pioneer in the Indian healthcare industry, has just opened its 66th hospital. In an exclusive chat with International Business Times, Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman - Apollo Hospitals Groups, discusses healthcare needs in India, medical tourism and more.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Indian healthcare groups find a cure for higher growth
Cash-rich Indian hospital groups such as recently listed Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. are setting up operations in Africa to tap a growing stream of middle-class patients from the continent seeking quality health care.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Indian healthcare groups find a cure for higher growth
Cash-rich Indian hospital groups such as recently listed Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. are setting up operations in Africa to tap a growing stream of middle-class patients from the continent seeking quality health care.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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HIV Vaccine Trial to Begin in South Africa
A new clinical trial is underway in South Africa on an experimental vaccine that could safely prevent HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. According to a statement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the HVTN 702 is the largest and most advanced HIV vaccine clinical trial to be undertaken in South Africa, where some seven million people are living with the virus.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health, research, vaccines
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VIEWPOINT: How UK trade policies could help heal global healthcare inequalities
One third of the population cannot access essential medicines. Leaders must push for trade deals that drive down the cost of healthcare for the world’s poorest.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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With help from Bill Gates, this lab is reinventing its approach to invention
Global Good, a collaboration between the invention company Intellectual Ventures and the billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, today announced a new partnership around a bioelectronic treatment initiative to address the leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide.
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- Health Care
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Telling Mosquitoes Apart With a Cellphone
Simple cellphones can tell one type of mosquito from another by their hums, which may be useful in fighting mosquito-borne diseases, according to new research from Stanford University.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- North America
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