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Latrines May Not Improve Health of Poor Children
Because of the well-known dangers of open defecation — especially for children’s health — bringing millions of latrines to the poor has long been a goal of public health experts. But now a major study in India has stunned advocates of latrine building by showing that it may do little good.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Ghana’s Fidelity Bank In $3.9m Private Health Partnership With USAID
In a bid to provide funding for private health facilities, top tier Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited and the United States Agency for International Development have signed a $3.9 million deal that will see laon facilities availed for private hospitals and clinics accredited by the country’s National Health Insurance Authority or those seeking NHIA accreditation.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IBM partners with Airtel and Echo Mobile on Ebola containment initiatives in Africa
Airtel, IBM Research Africa and Kenya's Echo Mobile have joined forces to launch several initiatives to help curb the spread of Ebola in West Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Cyborg engineers, virtual doctors and wristbands to detect cancer: Futurologist reveals how tech will transform healthcare
Within the next 30 years, the global population is set to increase by almost 3 billion up to 10 billion, and this rise is set to put a heavy burden on the healthcare industry.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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WHO certification puts Nigerian pharmaceutical industry in global watch
The Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification given to three local drug firms by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has put the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry in the global eye.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- supply chains
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Booting Up: Tech effort could help fight spread of Ebola
Despite the prevalence of crowd-sourced data and geolocation technology, global health leaders are missing the opportunity to use mobile technology in the fight against Ebola.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Secret to Nigeria’s success in overcoming Ebola: ORS
Aggressive use of ORS is being credited with significantly reducing the mortality rate among those who contracted Ebola in Nigeria.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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App puts process of AIDS testing in the palm of your hand
Ask Nitika Pant Pai about her work on a new self-test for HIV/AIDS and she’ll tell you: There’s an app for that.
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- Health Care, Technology
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