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Viewpoint: Shake It Off: How the Sustainable Development Goals Grew Up and Got Out of Nashville
I love country music. I even went to see Dolly Parton in Sydney a few years ago, when she came to Australia and brought her very own star-spangled retro tour bus.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Mexico Bans Giveaways of Baby Formula at Hospitals
The Mexican government has banned free baby formula at hospitals in an effort to encourage breastfeeding.
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- Latin America
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- nutrition
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11 Billion People by 2100 Will Greatly Impact Global Health
A growing global population highlights the need for family planning resources, healthcare workers, and better access to healthcare.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Viewpoint: An Unhealthy Health Card
A high-decibel emphasis on economic growth notwithstanding, a multitude of states continues to do poorly on the indicators of social development, especially health. An unhealthy workforce cannot build a healthy economy. Over the past decade, the cost of treatment has seen a double-digit rise, far outpacing average inflation, in both rural and urban India, according to a recently published National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report.
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- South Asia
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In India, Ending Open Defecation Requires More Than Just Behavior Change
It’s been 10 months since India officially launched Swachh Bharat, a national cleanliness drive, which, among other things, aims to put an end to the practice of open defecation in the country by 2019.
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One Man’s Quest to Combat Counterfeit Drugs — With a Suitcase
In a small house in rural Kenya, a young woman gives birth to a healthy little girl. Before anyone can celebrate, the mother starts bleeding. The woman will die soon if the bleeding doesn't stop.
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Nigeria Has Attained HIV, Maternal Mortality MDGs Targets Ahead of Deadline, Govt Asserts
Ahead of the September, 2015 target date of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Federal Government said Nigeria has attained the targets set on HIV/AIDs and Maternal Mortality in the country.
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A Quiet Revolution in the Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea
Far from the world’s fears about Ebola and MERS, a quiet revolution is taking place in the diagnosis of a disease much more prosaic but far more threatening: childhood diarrhea. After pneumonia, diarrhea is the deadliest threat to infants worldwide, killing about 700,000 every year.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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