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Merck adds to African m-health
Merck, a German-based pharmaceutical company, has added to a growing amount of mobile-health (m-health) programmes across Africa, channelling efforts to boost SMS-based support systems to help diabetic patients manage their condition.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: There Are Far Higher Public Health Priorities For Africa Than Ebola
In a world of limited healthcare resources, we need to make hard decisions that will deliver high-impact outcomes for the most people at the least cost. Giving the WHO an additional half-billion dollars to curb Ebola virus infections would be a poor choice.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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PRESS RELEASE: World Bank Group’s billion dollar private sector health initiative in Africa is failing to reach the poor
A billion-dollar flagship scheme to support private sector-led health care in Africa is bypassing poor people and concentrating instead on high-end urban hospitals catering mainly for the rich.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Four reasons why Modi’s toilet obsession is good for India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swach Bharat scheme aims to eliminate open defecation by constructing toilets in every household by 2019. No one doubts the need for the programme. Close to 48% of India’s urban population has no access to toilets. In rural areas, the number stands at 60%.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Nepal’s entrepreneurs healing blindness among poor
Many villagers are not aware of how easily cataract can be treated or cured," said Suraj Shrestha, CEO at Anthropose, a Nepal-based enterprise. "The thing that appalls me the most is how people superstitiously believe that cataract is a curse from God. This needs to change," the entrepreneur told Xinhua on Sunday.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Coca-Cola Life Markets As ‘Healthy Coke’ In South America: Is It Really Better For You?
Coca-Cola Co. is introducing Coca-Cola Life -- a mid-calorie cola that was released in Argentina and Chile last year -- to the Mexican market in September. Each 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola life contains half the calories of a regular Coke, with 64 calories and 16 grams of sugar. According to the Wall Street Journal, the product has tested well (in both flavor and concept) with Mexicans.
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- Latin America
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African Nations Working to Lift Ebola Travel Bans
Some African countries have agreed to lift travel bans on people arriving from Ebola-hit nations, the African Union's top official said on Monday, in a step to ease the economic pain the virus has brought to the continent.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s BRCK ships over 600 devices
Kenyan-developed modem-cum-router BRCK has shipped over 600 devices to 45 countries since it was launched with the goal of providing internet connectivity in off-grid rural areas.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa