-
Strengthening health systems is the most critical investment in global health, finds survey
Strengthening the health systems that provide health products and care is the most critical investment in global health, according to international survey results released today by leading global health organizations, PSI and PATH, as well as Devex, the global development media brand.
- Categories
- Health Care
-
Uganda: Are Virtual Doctors the Answer for Ugandan Health Care?
A new telemedicine facility in one of the most remote regions of Uganda allows local health care workers to consult online with doctors in Kampala. The potential for Uganda's poorly-staffed health centers could be huge.
- Categories
- Health Care
-
Empowering People With Cooking Stoves
Imagine spending 30 percent of your income on cooking fuel, inhaling the equivalent of 20 cigarettes daily while preparing meals for your family, and having to send your daughter to collect fuel for hours every day. What sounds like a far-fetched scenario is the reality of millions of people around the world in countries like Nepal, Darfur and Haiti.
- Categories
- Energy, Environment, Health Care, Technology
-
Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat
The medical aid group -- Doctors without Borders -- warns that drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global threat. It says despite the growing number of cases, there are no effective treatments.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Tags
- vaccines
-
Huge Opportunities Await Indian Health Investors in Africa
In 2012, Africa accounted for almost a quarter of India's drug exports.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
-
Health in Urban Slums Depends on Better Local Data
Data collection in urban areas should also be interdisciplinary; involving epidemiologists, toxicologists, urban planners and environmental scientists among other experts, according to Sotiris Vardoulakis, air pollution and climate change group leader at the UK government agency Public Health England.
- Categories
- Health Care
-
Bottom Of The Pyramid Overspending On Mobile Services in Africa
Expert at a World Consumer Rights Day event in Nairobi said on Friday poor African’s are spending too much on mobile phone services to the extent of foregoing basic needs, ITWeb Africa reported.
- Categories
- Education, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Anti-Science Environmentalists Ban ‘Neonic’ Insecticides, Imperiling Global Health
Some of history’s greatest advances in public health – especially in regions plagued by insect borne diseases – have come from the judicious use of pesticides to kill or repel the insect vector before it can infect human populations. Because the market for public health pesticides is relatively small, however, most of these vital chemistries were developed for larger agricultural uses. Unfortunately, that source of new products is increasingly under threat from shortsighted environmentalism and the European embrace of “precautionary” regulation.
- Categories
- Education, Health Care
Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter, "NextBillion Notes"
Published each Wednesday, our e-newsletter features NextBillion's latest original articles, along with a selection of news, jobs, bizdev opportunities and events from our recent coverage — and regular conference ticket giveaways.
We respect your privacy. Your information is safe and will never be shared.
Don't miss out. Subscribe today.