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Chamber speaker champions Yunus investing model to ease social problems
Muhammad Yunus has devoted himself to aiding the impoverished. The Bangladeshi economist, known as the father of microcredit and microfinance, continues to search for remedies to the economic woes of Third World nations. The microfinance and microcredit concepts that he pioneered in the 1970s have since moved 20 million families in his native country out of poverty and earned him a Nobel Prize in 2006.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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OPINION: Low-cost Innovation May Transform India’s Healthcare Industry
In the list of annual honours, released by the Indian government this year, you will find the name of Dr Balram Bhargava from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He has been awarded the Padma Shri.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Peer Pressure Can Be a Lifesaver
When we hear that someone succumbed to peer pressure or conformed to group expectations, we are inclined to think about it in negative terms. We imagine a young person smoking his first cigarette or an adult parroting the consensus of her community. We know that these social forces can cause people to act in ways that are harmful to themselves and others; but every day we are discovering more ways that they can be harnessed to solve problems in health, education and other areas. This is crucial.
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Polio vaccinations administered under army cover in Pakistan
Here's yet another example of how ugly terrorism can get: Health workers in Pakistan's restive Khyber tribal region are administering polio drops to children below 10 years of age under army protection.
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Africa Analysis: Getting telemedicine informed consent
Telemedicine could boost healthcare in rural Africa, but it has informed consent challenges, writes Linda Nordling.
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This is what makes a ‘best buy’ in global health
What makes a sound investment in global health?In this video interview, Devex Editor Rolf Rosenkranz asked Anastasia Thatcher, head of global health at Accenture Development Partnerships, who discussed how firms can figure out the right market to enter so they can deliver both the business and development outcomes they are aiming for, and gave the example of a Novartis-led program to make affordable pharmaceutical drugs for poor customers in India as an example of a “best buy” in her line of work.
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Uganda: Deeply Flawed HIV Bill Approved
The HIV Prevention and Control Act passed by the Ugandan parliament on May 13, 2014, is discriminatory and will impede the fight against AIDS, Human Rights Watch, HEALTH Global Advocacy Project, and Uganda Network on Law, Ethics & HIV/AIDS said today.
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- Health Care
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Need for affordable medical services driving students to develop healthcare applications in India
The need for affordable medical services and a growing market for tech-based applications are driving students to develop healthcare applications in India. Over a dozen campus startups that topped various industry contests this year are breaking new ground in medical technologies.
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- Health Care, Technology
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