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NIH Center Sets New Goals for Global Health Research and Training
Fogarty plans to reinvigorate its efforts to train more developing-country scientists in these new areas of global health, where the field is moving and where the most interesting discoveries are yet to be made, according to the plan.
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- Education, Health Care
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- governance, research
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Bangladesh Fights Off HIV
Strong political commitment, timely donor support and effective government-NGO collaboration are behind Bangladesh’s successes on this front.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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“This Isn’t Activism; We’re Empowering Rural India”
Ravikant Singh is the founder of Doctors For You, a NGO tackling disaster relief and rehabilitation work.
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- Education, Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- public health
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3 questions as GAVI approaches next replenishment
The GAVI Alliance is gearing up for a new replenishment, in which the organization plans to ask for more funds than it ever has before.
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- Health Care
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Survivors of Ebola face second ‘disease’: stigma
The doctor has beaten the odds and survived Ebola, but he still has one more problem: The stigma carried by the deadly disease. Even though he is completely healthy, people are afraid to come near him or to have anything to do with him.
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Health risk: DHO short of typhoid vaccine since 11 months
For the residents of the provincial capital, heading to roadside stalls for a cold drink or quick bite will not be such a good idea this summer, especially if they have not had a shot of the typhoid vaccine. And given the current shortage of said vaccines, most Peshawarites are probably already at risk for contracting this debilitating disease.
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- Health Care
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With genome deciphered, experts aim to swat dreaded tsetse fly
An international team of scientists has deciphered the genetic code of the tsetse fly, the bloodsucking insect that spreads deadly African sleeping sickness, with the hope that its biological secrets can be exploited to eradicate this malady.
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- Education, Health Care
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Malaria in Mozambique: trialling payment by results
A pioneering new coalition promises to provide sustainable, cost-effective funding for disease control through development impact bonds. Will it work?
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- Health Care
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- impact bonds
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