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Neglected No More
Dr. BT Slingsby, founder and CEO of the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) fund, is passionate about using Japanese research knowhow to help tackle the most challenging public health issues of the day.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Vodacom to Scale Up M-Health in South Africa
Eye sight screening, hearing tests, proper heart checks, patient care and round-the-clock pregnancy monitoring – these are just some of the functions that can now be done with a smart phone. These next generation health solutions were launched at GovTech, SITA’s pre-eminent South African ICT conference, and are powered by Vodacom Business’ fixed and mobile infrastructure.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa Should Override Patent on Key HIV Medicine After Widespread Stock Out Problem
Patients sent home without drugs while pharmaceutical company AbbVie refuses to license patent to generic companies.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India Must Resist US Pressure on Generic Drugs, African Leaders to Tell Modi
So far, the NDA government has been a mute spectator to the US pharma strategy of forcing Indian generics manufacturers to produce only what is required for Indian consumers and abandon the export of cheap drugs to Africa.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- vaccines
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Street Lamp Targets Dengue Fever
Researchers at a Malaysian university have built an LED street lamp with a mosquito trap, both powered by wind and solar energy.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- infectious diseases, solar
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Cervix ‘Selfies’ Help Diagnose Cancer Among High-Risk, Low-Income Women
Cervical cancer is one of the deadliest cancers among women, but also one of the most preventable, yet low-income patients often don’t have access to effective diagnostic measures.
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- Health Care
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Achieving Global Health Goals by Strengthening Primary Health Care
Last month, world leaders came together to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)--a new global development agenda that sets ambitious targets, such as eliminate poverty, achieve gender equality and end hunger globally.
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Gilead Developing Ebola Drug
Gilead Sciences Inc. confirmed Wednesday it was developing an experimental drug for Ebola after a London hospital revealed that the treatment had been given to a nurse who had been readmitted with the illness.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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