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Oral Cholera Vaccine Could Speed Control Efforts, Trial Finds
An oral vaccine has reduced cases of severe cholera by nearly 40 percent in a key trial in Bangladeshi slums, suggesting the shot could be used routinely to help endemic countries control the life-threatening disease.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- vaccines
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Food Politics Hits India’s Most Malnourished Children
Clutching battered metal plates, the children waited patiently in a remote central Indian village for the two small flat pieces of bread and scoop of boiled potato curry that would be their only full meal that day.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- nutrition
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Search for Ever Cheaper Garment Factories Leads to Africa
At the Radisson Blu hotel here last year, a senior fashion executive met with several of his top Asian apparel suppliers. His plea: Open for business in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment
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Here’s Why Tata Power and Dabur Are Queuing Up to Assist Politicians in Rural Development
One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's more radical calls to action was the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana where members of parliament were tasked with the responsibility of developing three villages by 2019, in constituencies other than their own. It's found resonance not just with politicians eager to establish themselves as more than just a local entity but also with a slew of corporates.
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- South Asia
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Better Housing Architecture Could Halve Malaria Cases
Improved housing with features such as closed eaves could lower malaria cases by half in some settings, according to a study.
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- Health Care
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Why Transporting Vegetables Is Not So Different From Delivering Vaccines
Every day in low-income countries throughout the world, tons of fresh fruit and vegetables fail to reach their destinations or become damaged and inedible along the way. By contrast, highly processed foods – likely to include large amounts of fat, sugar or preservatives – reach these same destinations, ready to be eaten by people in need of food. This simultaneous availability of less healthy processed food and shortage of nutritious food is a key factor in the growing combination of undernutrition and obesity throughout many low-income countries.
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- Health Care
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- supply chains, vaccines
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China Developers Chase Next Goldmine With Health-Care Blitz
Chinese real estate developers have begun chasing what they see as the country’s next big business opportunity -- the health-care market.
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- Health Care
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Can CSR Funds Make a Difference in Healthcare?
The statistics tell a grim story. India carries 20% of the world’s disease burden, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). About 75% of deaths globally are caused by communicable diseases, of which India accounts for 17%. A report published in May by British charity Oxfam says India records the highest number of maternal deaths in the world.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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