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Indian Millionaire’s Vaccine Maker Hunts for Acquisitions
“I do see vaccine companies coming up on the block whether it could be in India or it could be abroad,” Adar Poonawalla, head of Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., said in an interview in the company’s headquarters in Pune, India. “This is the lull before the storm. You are going to see either acquisitions or mergers.”
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India to Review US FDA’s Ban on Antibacterial Soap
A week after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of certain compounds in antibacterial hand and body wash products, India’s Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) is set to deliberate whether their use in India poses a public health hazard that requires a closer look, two CDSCO officials said on condition of anonymity.
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Viewpoint: The Transformative Potential of the Private Sector in Fragile States
Almost six months have passed since the World Health Organization officially proclaimed Sierra Leone Ebola-free. There have been a few scares since, but stability is nonetheless returning — bringing with it renewed hope of progress. Prior to Ebola, Sierra Leone was experiencing sustained annual economic growth of between 4 and 7 percent, with projected growth close to 11 percent. Governance, gender, environmental and social indicators had been improving. We had seen small but tangible improvements in infrastructure development.
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Apollo Spectra Hospitals, Quadio Introduce Net Audiometry Services
Apollo Spectra Hospitals, part of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd. (AHLL), one of the largest players in the healthcare segment, for the first time has partnered with Pune based hearing health care provider Quadio Labs for their maiden telemedicine services.
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These High-Tech Suitcases Shine a Light on Preventable Deaths
When Justinian Jackson started working as a midwife in a clinic in Buzilasoga, Tanzania, pregnant women who came from different parts of the rural region to have their babies were told to bring their own candles or lamp oil to avoid being in the dark after the delivery. To bring the baby into the world, Jackson relied on ambient light from the window, kerosene lamps, or the glow of his cell phone to light the exam room.
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Taking the Pulse of Health Markets: Challenges and Strategies
How do we create stronger health markets? It’s a question with no easy answer, but one that all stakeholders invested in improving global health outcomes need to ask if we are to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3: good health and well-being for all.
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World Health Organisation Should Outsource Key Duties, Experts Say
Global public health experts have called for “fundamental and extensive reform” of the World Health Organisation (WHO) including major outsourcing of key activities, warning that the organisation is already at risk of repeating the mistakes it made in handling the Ebola crisis.
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A Tale of Clean Cities: How to Solve the Urban Sanitation Challenge
Over half of the world’s population now live in urban areas, and that figure is set to continue rapidly rising. By 2050, it’s estimated that more than two thirds of people will be living in cities. Most of these additional people will live in unplanned settlements or slums without adequate basic services, such as access to clean water and toilets.
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- Environment, Health Care
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