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South Africa: KZN Launches Human Milk Banks
Far too few South African women practice exclusive breastfeeding and, as a result, far too many children are dying.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- nutrition
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Could Viagra make it harder to spread malaria?
Researchers from the Pasteur Institute in Paris found that drugs like Viagra may be effective in preventing malaria from spreading from person to person by stiffening up the parasite that causes it.
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- Health Care
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Antibiotic Alternatives Rev Up Bacterial Arms Race
More than eight decades have passed since Alexander Fleming’s discovery of a fungus that produced penicillin — a breakthrough that ultimately spawned today’s multibillion-dollar antibiotics industry. Researchers are now looking to nature with renewed vigor for other ways of fighting infection.
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- Health Care
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Inequality Has Transformed Surviving Childhood Into a Global Postcode Lottery
You may already know the grim statistics: every day, 17,000 children under the age of five die; nearly half of them are newborn babies.
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- Health Care
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Khushi Baby: A High-Tech Way to Track Infant Health
It looks like a dangling, shiny plastic charm, but it’s actually an innovative high-tech device that may revolutionize health care in India. This is Khushi Baby, a small medical device designed to streamline the process of vaccinating children in the developing world.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Smokeless Tobacco – A Major Cause for Concern in India
Wrapped inside betel leaves and placed in the corner of the mouth, chewing tobacco has been a practice in India for centuries.
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- Health Care
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As Antibiotic Resistance Spreads, WHO Plans Strategy To Fight It
The world is losing some of the most powerful tools in modern medicine. Antibiotics are becoming less and less effective at fighting infections. The problem has gotten so bad that some doctors are starting to ponder a "post-antibiotic world."
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- Education, Health Care
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New Mothers Get A New Kind Of Care In Rural Nigeria
How do you help a country struggling to provide quality health care, particularly to its rural citizens?More doctors would be great. New and better clinics would help. But in some places, community health workers are an important part of the solution.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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