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Latin America Zika Outbreak Should ‘Burn Out’ Within 3 Years, Scientists Say
A team of British experts in disease outbreaks believes that the Zika epidemic afflicting Latin America will end within three years. They based their estimate on modeling using available data on the outbreak, which has so far involved thousands of cases of Zika-linked birth defects, mainly in Brazil.
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Centre mulls over plan to stop ASHAs from distributing condoms
Faced with angry Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) refusing to distribute repackaged condoms called Asha Nirodh given free under the national reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, the Union health ministry is exploring other distribution options, which may include vending machines.
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Health ministry seeks help from private sector to curb over-population
Perturbed over population explosion, the Union Health Ministry has reached out to the private sector for dispensing family planning services in poor performing states. Starting with high population areas, the National Population Stabilisation Fund, under the Union Health Ministry, has invited an Expression of Interest from qualified and experienced agencies for implementing family planning services.
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A proposal to build public health capacity in developing nations
In 2005, the World Health Assembly adopted a revised version of its International Health Regulations, a legally binding treaty among 196 nations to boost global health security and strengthen the world’s capacity to confront serious disease threats such as Ebola and SARS. A decade later, just one-third of countries have the ability to respond to a public health emergency. That’s why Rebecca Katz thinks it’s time to get creative.
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Apollo, Airtel bring health app to Africa
Apollo Hospitals and Airtel Africa have inked a pact to enhance healthcare cooperation across Africa. According to statements fromt he companies, the Memorandum of Understanding is focused on enabling easy access to Apollo specialists in the region.
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Austrian Biotech Plans Zika Vaccine Clinical Trials in 12 Months
An Austrian biotech company working with the Institut Pasteur said on Tuesday it planned to start clinical trials with an experimental Zika vaccine in the next 12 months, marking a further acceleration of research in the field.
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The Dark Ages of Medicine Are Looming. Can He Save Us?
Sean Brady loves dirt. He’s got an entire closetful of it, in classically brown, cobalt blue and flashy orange. It can come from all over the world, from Mongolian steppes to Little League Baseball diamonds. The exotic stuff is what he really craves, but who knows? Maybe he could find a lifesaving antibiotic in your backyard.
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India and Kenya bolster cooperation in defence and health
India and Kenya on Monday bolstered their cooperation in the field of defence and health with India handing over 30 field ambulances to Kenya, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the gift of a telecobalt cancer therapy machine and the setting up of a 100-bed cancer hospital in Kenya.
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