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Viewpoint: Rural Healthcare Is in Shambles
The revelation that about 68 per cent of posts of specialist doctors at the government’s community health centres (CHC) in rural areas are lying vacant does not create any surprise. This is according to the latest statistics put out by the Union health ministry. The inability of the CHCs to attract and retain specialists has been known for a long time. Never have these centres of rural healthcare had sufficient number of medical personnel with specialised expertise.
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Viewpoint: The World’s New Health Goal Will Need Game-Changing Health Technologies
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for everyone at any age is a tall order, particularly if the aim is to achieve this by 2030. Yet this is the mandate of the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG3), one of a set of 17 global goals designed to guide development priorities for the next 15 years.
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- Environment, Health Care
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WHO Declares Liberia Ebola-Free for Second Time
The World Health Organization Thursday declared Liberia Ebola-free for the second time.The declaration for the second time follows an outbreak of the disease in Lower Margibi County that claimed three lives days after the country was first declared Ebola-free by the WHO.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FAO and MasterCard Join Forces on Financial Inclusion
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and MasterCard are joining forces to create an innovative new alliance against hunger.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dutch Social Entrepreneur Works To Save Lives In Africa With High Tech Stove
Judith Joan Walker, director and COO of African Clean Energy, has started manufacturing and distributing a multifunctional cookstove that doubles as an energy source.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Five Studies: Why IUDs Are Poised to Become the Future of Birth Control
After decades out of favor, the intrauterine device is making a comeback. This small, T-shaped form of birth control, which is placed in a woman’s uterus and prevents pregnancy for between three and 10 years, has carried a stigma in the United States ever since the 1970s, when one notoriously flawed model, the Dalkon Shield, caused septic miscarriages and infertility in thousands of American women. But now, health-care providers are trumpeting the safety—and efficacy—of the models currently on the market. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists concluded as early as 2005 that IUDs and hormonal implants (which are inserted in a woman’s arm) are the most reliable forms of birth control, and should be among the top options offered to all women; the American Academy of Pediatrics released a similar recommendation in 2014.
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Muhammad Yunus’ Firm in Talks for Social Business JVs in India
Nobel laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, is all set to roll out his flagship social business, in a joint venture with corporates in India soon. Yunus’ social business marketing company — Yunus Social Business (YSB) India —is in talks with a slew of corporates in India who can be joint venture partners in the social business venture, a model where profits are ploughed back to the company. These profits can be then used for employment generation and affordable healthcare.
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- South Asia
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Tapping New Sources to Raise Funds on Healthcare Research
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been left out on technology investments in healthcare research due to the huge financial needs and difficulties in sourcing them.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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