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Disruptive Innovation In The Poorest And Most Remote Places In The World
Editor’s Note: In advance of the many health-related discussions to take place in September at the Clinton Global Initiative, the Social Good Summit, UN week and other such events, the Skoll World Forum asked some of the world’s leading voices in global health to paint a comprehensive picture of key trends, challenges and opportunities to realizing healthcare access and treatment around the world. A new piece will be posted everyday through Friday, and you can view the entire series here.
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Financial firms turn focus on people living with HIV/AIDS
Previously, people used to equate HIV/AIDS to a death sentence.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Road deaths, cancer and diabetes becoming Africa’s hidden epidemics
Urbanisation accelerating rise in health problems, while more cars on the road are pushing up accident rates, says World Bank
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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‘Two-thirds of injections in India unsafe’
With an aim to protect patients from infections caused by use of unsafe injections, Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) launched Safe Injection Environment programme in the city on Sunday, where they talked about the importance of safe injection practices.
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- South Asia
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East Africa: The Superfood With the Potential to Save Hundreds and Thousands of Children’s Lives
Imagine a food that is free, nutritious and has the potential to save thousands of children's lives.
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- Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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Open development and social impact bonds: rethinking healthcare delivery
By incentivising investment through payment on results, and by making information open, local entrepreneurs can fill the gaps and help deliver much needed services
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- impact bonds
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Malaria resurgence in Africa has health authorities scrambling for new weapons
Could the much-maligned DDT become the new pesticide of choice?
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Airborne Infection That Beats Antibiotics: North Korea’s Other Crisis
Throughout history, TB has killed more people than all other pandemics combined.
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- Asia Pacific
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