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Developing-World Disease Vaccines Being Prepared for Human Tests
The fight against poverty-related diseases is gaining ground as scientists prepare trials of vaccines for hookworm, leishmaniasis and other parasitic diseases common in the developing world, thanks to the support of public research funding.
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UPMC and TeleChikitsa tie up to bring cutting edge medicine to India
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences or UPMC is all set to make a foray into Indian healthcare. The leading medical center based out of the US has tied up with India’s TeleChikitsa Ventures, based in Bangalore with an aim to provide leading and cutting edge healthcare to India. As a part of their project UPMC is all set to aid India and Afghanistan with their healthcare needs. With an aim to spread their brand overseas, UPMC will use video equipment to examine patients, second opinions and consultations to patients.
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Try digital condom for electrifying sex
Considering how important they are to modern society and how little people like wearing the things, it's a wonder that the design of the condom has barely changed over hundreds of years. The drawback of having a prophylactic that is so widely disliked has even inspired the Gates Foundation to make the invention of "the Next Generation of Condom" one of their Grand Challenges in Global Health — a research initiative designed to find solutions to 15 global health problems.
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Vaccines to be manufactured locally – President
Local pharmaceutical companies have benefited from Government funding amounting to Gh¢50 million to manufacture Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARVs) in the country. This was announced by President John Mahama when he delivered the State of the Nation Address to Parliament on Tuesday.
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Mobile Phones, Apps, Throw Lifeline to Shunned Sufferers of Brain and Mental Disorders in Remote World Corners
Grand Challenges Canada today offers funding of up to $270,000 to 21 global mental health projects worldwide and up to $2 million to an innovative program in India designed to improve the quality of mental health patient treatment and end reported abuses.
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‘Deepening’ medical crisis in Afghanistan
Despite years of aid, medical care in Afghanistan remains severely limited as casualty rates from violence climb, humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warns in a report.
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Indian Medical Devices Industry Welcomes Changes in Bill
The bill is significant because it recognises medical devices as distinct from pharmaceuticals for the first time and brings needed clarity to device regulation.
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e-health Centre Soon in Ghatshila Subdivision
The electronic health centre that will commence at Musabani Surda in March has the capacity to diagnose 90 patients each day.
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