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Zimbabwe Uses the Most Condoms in the World, Reduces HIV Infections
Zimbabwe’s condom usage now tops that of any other country in the world, with over 109 million condoms used in 2014. These safe sex practices have helped the southern African country lower the number of HIV infections, according to data collected by the state-run National Aids Council (NAC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Building the Business Case for Health Sector Strengthening
As the Ebola virus in West Africa wanes, multilateral and bilateral donors along with NGOs and country governments are making a concerted push to strengthen health systems across the developing world to protect against future health crises.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- infrastructure
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India’s Street Dentists Filling Gap for the Poor
Ignoring noisy buses and curious onlookers, street dentist Allah Baksh plunges his hands into a patient's mouth to fit a sparkling set of dentures for $12 (S$16) in the Indian city of Bangalore.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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The Key to a Global Nutritional Crisis Might Be a Simple Iron Fish
In 2009, Christopher Charles came up with a surprisingly simple and astonishingly effective tool to increase dietary iron intake without resorting to pills: A small metal fish – a symbol of luck in Cambodian culture – that can infuse food with the proper amount of necessary iron to ensure better overall nutrition.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- nutrition, public health
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OPINION: Surgery so simple a gardener can do it – but he probably shouldn’t
The poorest one-third of the world’s population receives about 4 percent of surgical care. Africa has roughly 1 percent of the number of surgeons in the United States. Liberia has three surgeons for a population of 4 million. Failure to address this inequity is economically and politically reckless.
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- Education, Health Care
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Rapid TB Testing May Transform Global Health Care
Scientists recently created a rapid antimicrobial resistance test that allows health professionals to diagnose and treat tuberculosis (TB) faster than ever, which may lead to a transformation of global health care.
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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India Bats for Health Research Alliance Among NAM Nations
Batting for greater collaboration in health research among non-aligned group of countries, India today said the member nations should use their "collective bargaining" power for making new medicines and medical technologies available to all at affordable costs.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Forget The Fitbit: Can Wearables Be Designed For The Developing World?
UNICEF, the design firm Frog, and the global mobile processor company ARM are teaming up to find ways that sensor and wearable tech can benefit the world's poorest populations.
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- Health Care, Technology
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