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Tricking People Into Being Healthy
As though it heard the Christmas wishes of policy nerds everywhere, the World Bank Group made behavioral economics the theme of its 2015 World Development report.
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- Health Care
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- public policy
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Better Healthcare for Low Income Kenyans
The Business Call to Action and Private Sector Innovation Programme for Health (PSP4H) on December 4, 2014 co- hosted an event focused on innovative private sector approaches to delivering better healthcare to low income Kenyans. The event brought together chief executives, senior representatives from governments, bilateral donors, civil society and the United Nations.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tanzania to Get Second Floating Clinic
The Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic/WAVE non-governmental organization is introducing a floating health clinic on Lake Tanganyika.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PHN Unveils $1m HIC to Address Nigeria’s Suboptimal Health Outcomes
As low application of innovation and technology in the healthcare sector remains the biggest drawback in transforming delivery in Nigeria, the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN), a private sector-led coalition, has unveiled $1 million Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) to address suboptimal health care.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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India ‘Too Reliant’ on Chinese Drug Imports, Worries Delhi
There's loud chatter in Mandarin, Hindi and English - all thrown in a heady mix of business, big numbers, and of course money converted in at least two currencies.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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GSK Opens £4 Million Research Grant on Non-Communicable Diseases
Apparently to find scientific answers to why Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are rising on the African continent, GlaxoSmitheKline (GSK) has opened a £4m grant initiative to researchers in the region.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- research
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The AIDS-Fighting Tampon
An electrically charged fabric makes for a quick-dissolving delivery vessel for drugs that kill HIV.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In healthcare starved Assam, Dholmara health centre sets example of super-effective functioning
The primary health centre (PHC) in Dholmara village in Kokrajhar is run by Dr Atawor Rehman, who doesn't have an MBBS degree, yet is known for being among the best in the district on the scale of management and service delivery.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- South Asia
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