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Big B, Ratan Tata Join Hands for TB- Free India
"If this disease can happen to me, it can happen to anyone", says Mr. Bachchan who himself was a victim of TB in the year 2000.
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- South Asia
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Technology used to save lives in West Africa
A mobile health platform has been launched with the mission of improving health conditions for pregnant women and fighting child mortality in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Hamstrung by red tape, hospital operators buy their way into India
Expanding through acquisitions has increasingly become the tactic of choice for hospital operators seeking to speedily expand in India, where the demand for private healthcare is booming thanks to an overburdened public healthcare system.
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- South Asia
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Local Data Underpins Tanzania’s Next Malaria Plan
Tanzania’s health ministry is set to revisit the way it goes about collecting data to control malaria following new insights into the disease.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Atlanta Declaration: A 21st Century Vision for US-Based Global Noncommunicable Disease Research
The United States has been synonymous with innovation. Conducting research to better understand the world and to experiment with new ideas has been an important part of this country’s progress. However, at this critical juncture in history, when chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) (e.g., cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mental health disorders) are rapidly becoming the largest global health burdens, affecting human welfare and productivity worldwide, US institutions must better align opportunities, pathways, and resources for 21st century scientists and future leaders in health policy.
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Global Child Mortality Rates Show Steep Drop
Global mortality rates for children under five have fallen by more than half since 1990, when the Millennium Development Goals for addressing effects of poverty were established, a U.N. interagency group reported Wednesday.
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ISWA Calls Open Dumps a ‘Global Health Emergency’
A new report by the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) is highlighting the ‘global health emergency’ affecting tens of millions of people in developing countries who lack good sanitation infrastructure.
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How Text Messaging Curbs Infant Mortality in Africa’s Biggest Urban Slum
Almost half of Kenyan mothers do not give birth in a hospital and, thus, receive little professional care or education on basics such as how long to breast feed, what to do in the case of diarrhea and vomiting, or where to go for an emergency. In this issue of Digital Diversity, Cayte Bosler looks at an innovative text messaging service which helps parents differentiate between normal behaviors and signs that something might be wrong.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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