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Research, Policy, and the Private Sector: Sir Richard Feachem on Malaria

Sir Richard Feachem led the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from its inception in 2002 until 2007, just one part of his illustrious career in public health. We were fortunate to host Sir Richard in November for a Development Policy Centre seminar.

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Devpolicy (link opens in a new window)

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Education, Health Care

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public health, research

Bill Gates’ Plan to Help the Developing World Profit From Its Sewage

Bill Gates walks up to the water tap, but before he can drink, his entourage pulls him to one side. One woman takes off his glasses and rearranges his hair. Another dabs on a little makeup. And, at one point, someone hands him a Mason jar.

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Wired (link opens in a new window)

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Agriculture, Health Care

How Companies and NGOs Can Work Together to Tackle Food Security

While the year of agriculture and nutrition, as declared by the African Union, may be over, those issues will undoubtedly remain top development priorities and can present unique opportunities for collaboration with business.

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Devex (link opens in a new window)

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Agriculture, Health Care

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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nutrition

Malaria Vaccine? Genetic Engineering Turns Parasite Into Vaccine Candidate

Malaria is one of the Great Diseases. This mosquito-borne illness killed some 627,000 people in 2012, most of them children in sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts in the last decade have cut mortality rates for the disease by an impressive 45 percent, but malaria continues to be a massive public health burden wherever it persists.

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Genetic Literacy Project (link opens in a new window)

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Health Care

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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vaccines

Taking Health to the Global Scale

UCSD has become one of the first universities in the nation to offer global health as an undergraduate program.

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UCSD Guardian (link opens in a new window)

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Education, Health Care

OPINION: Let India Make Cheap Medicines

Last November, the United States and India announced an important breakthrough concerning India’s “right-to-food” programme.

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Deccan Herald (link opens in a new window)

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Health Care

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South Asia

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public policy

OPINION: Ebola Survivors in West Africa to Share Stories via Mobile App to Help Fight Stigma

Ebola survivors in the three West African countries worst hit by the epidemic will share their stories through a mobile application to be launched on Monday, in a UNICEF-backed campaign to inform and fight stigma around the disease.

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Reuters (link opens in a new window)

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Health Care, Technology

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Anti-Diabetic Drug Seen as More Effective Treatment for Tuberculosis

Scientists have discovered that a drug for treating diabetes - Metformin (MET) - can also be used to boost the efficacy of TB medication without inducing drug resistance.

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Enterprise Innovation (link opens in a new window)

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Health Care