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Developing countries should enroll medical and nursing students from rural areas
Nearly one third of medical and nursing students in developing countries may have no intention of working in their own countries after graduation, while less than one fifth of them intend to work in rural areas where they are needed most, according to a new study.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ebola Researchers Have A Radical Idea: Rush A Vaccine Into The Field
Traditional means of containing Ebola aren't working fast enough to get ahead of the epidemic. So the question is: Will giving an experimental vaccine to willing volunteers help contain the disease or put people at greater risk?
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shares of Companies Testing Ebola Vaccines Rise
Shares of some companies that are studying potential vaccines for Ebola climbed after federal officials announced that the first case of the disease has been diagnosed in the U.S.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile technology offers option to combat fake drugs in West Africa
Cholera, malaria and the rapidly expanding threat of Ebola have hit African countries with a related health-care problem: the scourge of fake drugs.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Ebola and Irrational Exuberance for Social Impact Bonds and Social Enterprise
The lack of preventative action against Ebola isn’t just market failure, and effective action against public health crises in West Africa are unlikely to be addressed by private investors putting money into social impact bonds.
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- Health Care
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Are Toilets and Bank Accounts Connected? In India, Yes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to develop India includes creating toilet access for all 1.2 billion people and opening a bank account for every adult who doesn’t already have one.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Bringing Solar Power To Remote Hospitals Is Saving Lives
One startup working in Nepal learned that delivering high-quality health care often means having to innovate in unexpected ways--such as building new energy systems.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- solar
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Africa: Landmark HIV Diagnostic Access Program Will Save $150m
Roche has announced a major Global Access Program to sharply lower the price of HIV viral load tests in low- and middle-income countries
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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