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To get people to build toilets, turn to subsidies
The one public bathroom in Ponkrum collapsed a few years ago. An effort to build a new one yielded a large pit that is used for trash, not defecation. For the people living in the small village near the Ghanian coast, there is no other option than going out in the open.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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I’m seeing the most progress in Bihar, says Melinda Gates
At a time when foreign-funded NGOs are under the government's scanner, Melinda Gates, Padma Bhushan awardee and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says NGO activism is needed for society to thrive. She was speaking to Sagarika Ghose of The Times of India.
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- South Asia
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How ‘financial savvy’ can prevent future pandemics
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted not only the weakness of health systems, but also the lack of dialogue between global health professionals, risk analysts and private sector actors, according to World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
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In Africa’s battle against AIDS, a key player hits a crossroads
The Catholic Church administers 25 percent of all AIDS treatment worldwide, especially in hard-to-reach rural areas. But it's facing new obstacles as funding declines and African governments are under pressure to provide services themselves.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PRESS RELEASE: Global vaccination targets ‘off-track,’ warns WHO
Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from preventable diseases.
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OPINION: Understanding How Gut Microbiota Affect Child Health
To many of us, diarrhea may seem like an acute condition or minor annoyance. But for children in the world’s poorest places, the repeated bouts of diarrhea they endure can have lasting consequences.
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Why Researchers Say Fake and Low-Quality Drugs Are a ‘Global Pandemic’
Fake and substandard drugs are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths around the globe each year, and the persistent lack of reliable medicines in poor countries threatens to roll back decades of efforts to combat malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and other conditions, researchers said Monday.
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- Education, Health Care
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China and UHC in Africa
The Ebola crisis was a tragic awakening for people around the world about the crucial importance of strong health systems. The numbers are staggering. As a result of the virus — and the weak systems that were unable to contain it — more than 10,000 people have died in West Africa. The social impact of such a large-scale health crisis is incalculable, and the devastating economic fallout in the region will be felt for some time.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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