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In Uganda, Doctor Just a Call or a Click Away
Uganda has just one doctor for every 25,000 people, and health care can be particularly hard to access in rural areas; but, a medical hotline is bridging the gap, using social media to allow Ugandans to talk directly with certified doctors and pharmacists.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Cervical “Selfies,” A Solution
What do candy crush and cervical cancer have in common? Well, nothing except, both can now be ‘screened’ on a smartphone.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Hatching A Generation of Eggpreneurs In Rural Kenya
While Gates was in Lower Manhattan recently talking about his plan to alleviate poverty by giving away chickens, Dickson was in Kenya hatching Eggpreneur, an initiative that helps rural mothers sell eggs for a living.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Brexit—what might it mean for global health?
As the country now grapples to come to terms with the consequences of this election, this rejection of EU membership threatens to have a great impact on the health of people both within the UK as well as internationally.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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- public health
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Medical colleges: Health Ministry to scrap no-profit clause
Accepting in principle that a medical college can be a profit-making enterprise, the Health Ministry has started the process to remove a clause in eligibility rules which states that permission to companies to set up medical colleges would be withdrawn if there is “commercialisation”.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Johns Hopkins Students Design Ebola Protection Suit Improvements
For health workers in the field treating people stricken with Ebola and other diseases, a protective suit is the first defense against infection. The suit and head covering itself, however, can hamper their ability to help by impeding breathing, or heating up so quickly in high temperatures and humidity that they can scarcely work for more than an hour.
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- Education, Health Care
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The Earth Auger Toilet: A Solution For The Masses?
Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the primary regions with the least improvement in accomplishing the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on sanitation by 2015, with only a 30% coverage and an increase of 4% since 1990. In most parts of the region, open defecation is an easier and cheaper alternative, as improved sanitation facilities, which ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact, are either non-existent or too expensive.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation, public health
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Students and professionals team up for first Ann Arbor Health Hackathon
The "hackathon" included 24 hours of health-related “hacking,” which involved teams pitching ideas and creating prototypes for solutions to health problems. The event focused on preventing disease in underserved areas of the developing world.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- North America
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