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Viewpoint: Health Can Tackle (and Measure) Inequities
We know that globally there are sufficient funds available to provide basic health services to everyone, everywhere.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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Microinsurance Program Lets People Trade Their Garbage for Free Health Care in Indonesia
In what is an innovative first for the region, a company in Indonesia is now offering to recycle your trash for two free visits to the doctor. Now, how clever is that?
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Entrepreneur and Artist Aim to Curb Global Infant Mortality Rate
When Jane Chen and Drue Kataoka met at the Forum of Young Global Leadersin 2012, they quickly formed a friendship based on their shared passion for carrying out socially impactful work. They both came from significantly different backgrounds — Chen is the co-founder of Embrace, a startup that hopes to curb high worldwide infant mortality rates by way of the low-cost Embrace infant warmer, while Kataoka is a visual artist whose often interactive work aims to bridge the perceived gap between art and technology. Flash forward three years, and the two women have launched a unique collaboration that combines Chen’s business and Kataoka’s art to raise awareness of and ultimately decrease high global infant mortality rates.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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WHO Demands Disclosure of All Clinical Trial Results
The World Health Organization called on Tuesday for the release of clinical trial results for all drugs, vaccines and medical devices - whatever the result - in the latest salvo against the withholding of data.
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- Health Care
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- regulations, vaccines
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A Patch That Delivers Vaccines, No Needles Necessary
Special packaging lets the patches go without refrigeration for 10 weeks, far longer than vaccine solution.
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- Health Care
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Disease Detection Gets a Boost With Plans for a CDC in Africa
In 1946, a malaria outbreak across the Southern U.S. catalyzed the formation of what would eventually become the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can ‘Supergeeks’ Save Kenya’s Babies?
Lack of basic equipment could explain why Kenya is struggling to reduce maternal mortality rates.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Group Hopes Recycled Hotel Soap Helps Save Lives Worldwide
Shawn Seipler is on a mission to save lives with soap. It began about seven years ago as a tiny operation with a few friends and family in a single-car garage in Orlando, Florida, where they used meat grinders, potato peelers and cookers to recycle used soap into fresh bars.
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- Health Care
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