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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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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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- South Asia
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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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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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- Health Care
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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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- Health Care
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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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Young Doctors Don’t Want to Go to Rural Areas Because They Feel Ill-Equipped
Recently, there has been several reports on India’s comatose public health system: From a man in Orissa carrying his wife’s body because he was denied a mortuary van to a hospital in Rajasthan where patients are forced to sit outside the hospital and hang their IV bottles from nails hammered into tree trunks, the situation is dismal.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Cisco Targets India With Strategic Digital Solutions Across Sectors
Global networking heavyweight Cisco Ltd. is making several strategic moves in India to strengthen its market in India.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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