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Niger and Global Fund sign €13.5 Million malaria grant
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has signed a 13.5 million euro grant agreement that will intensify efforts to provide families with mosquito nets and improve the diagnosis and treatment of malaria in Niger.
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Study shows HIV/AIDS remains a major health burden to Kenyans
Contrary to Kenya’s Health ministry’s position, HIV/AIDS remains a major health burden in Kenya despite numerous efforts to contain the scourge, according to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, USA.
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What ails Indian Healthcare?
In April 2012, there were reports of India’s health expenditure being the lowest in comparison to the BRIC Nations despite growing as fast as them. A year later, the ‘progress report’ barely shows any progress.
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- governance, public health
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Tanzania Set to Train 10,000 New Health Workers Each Year
Arusha — TANZANIA is moving in the right path towards the target of training 10,000 new health workers every year in its resolve to curb acute shortage of medical personnel.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rethinking Global Public Health
Families and friends make healthy or unhealthy choices based on social and cultural pressures, especially when it comes to activities like exercise and eating. If we are ever going to solve this trillion-dollar problem, we have to rethink global public health.
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Can African Healthcare Systems Handle Growing Economies?
With severely limited resources, African health systems may have to think more radically about how to manage health problems, as well as about striking a more sustainable balance between supply oriented and demand-targeted interventions.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Polio in Somalia: UN warns of ‘explosive’ outbreak
The UN has warned of a severe outbreak of polio in Somalia, days after a medical charity pulled out of the country, citing insecurity.
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What went wrong with India’s TB control
The story today is a far cry from the 1960s, when we led the developing countries’ fight against the disease
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- South Asia
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