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Making Markets Work: How We Got to 10,000 Toilets
Last month, our PSI-India project surpassed 10,000 toilets in rural Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, where 99 million reside and more than 80% practices open defecation.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes
The neighborhood of campeche sprawls up a steep hillside in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Goats rustle in trash that goes forever uncollected. Children kick a deflated volleyball in a dusty lot below a wall with a hand-painted logo of the American Red Cross.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
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- philanthropy
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Improving Rural Health Care, One Boat Trip At a Time
More than 10 years ago, Sanjoy Hazarika heard about the death of a mother in a remote island in Assam, a state in northeast India, because she couldn’t get to the hospital in time. This led the soft-spoken professor to think: Why not bring the hospital to the people?
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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A New U.N. Health Goal Targets Folks 69 and Under. Ageism or Realism?
In September, the U.N. will vote to adopt 17 Sustainable Development Goals (aka SDGs). They cover issues like poverty, health and climate change. The idea is to encourage the 192 U.N. member states to establish policies that will make the world a better place over the next 15 years.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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JHU undergrads design tool to support family planning efforts in developing regions
New kit may help train global health providers to insert and remove contraceptive implants.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Gates pledges $776M for malnutrition, unlocks UK commitments
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — the world’s largest private foundation — will spend $776 million over the next six years to fight malnutrition, a strong signal of support for a historically underfunded sector, according to the foundation’s leaders.
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- Health Care
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- nutrition, philanthropy
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Viewpoint: Investing in Health, Investing in Africa
Africa faces two key challenges to achieve its full potential. The remarkable economic progress of the last 15 years must be sustained. And, this progress must be broadened to include the many millions of people who have yet to benefit from the continent’s rising prosperity.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, vaccines
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What Does It Really Mean to Build Health Systems?
Over the past year, discussions around dealing with the Ebola outbreak to bringing cases down to zero invariably circled around the need for health systems strengthening.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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