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Warning sign: The news on AIDS isn’t all good
On World AIDS Day, an important question: Is an AIDS-free generation within reach?
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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What It Takes To Cure Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Dr. Mel Spigelman, the president of TB Alliance, and answered five common questions about tuberculosis.
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Baby steps to saving lives
Each year, one in 10 babies around the world will be born prematurely and over a million of those will die. But could measuring the size of a baby's feet help save lives?
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Reality Check on Crowdfunding
From Silicon Valley to Hollywood to Main Street USA, young entrepreneurs tell stories of windfalls and glorious escapes from established (read: outdated) standards and practices of business.
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Post-typhoon expansion of micro-insurance coverage for the poor sought in the Phillipines
The recent devastation caused by supertyphoon Yolanda in the Visayas underscored the importance of expanding coverage of micro-insurance to the marginalized communities in the country.
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- Asia Pacific
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Microloans Finance a Path to U.S. Citizenship
In the past 18 months, a Californian bank has helped more than 300 legal permanent residents attain citizenship by extending them a $1,000 loan.
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Study Says Health disparities “could be eliminated in a generation”
Health disparities between rich and poor nations could be banished in a generation by investment in research, vaccines and drugs to combat diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, global health experts said on Tuesday.
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What It Takes To Cure Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
We recently chatted with Dr. Mel Spigelman, the president of TB Alliance, and he answered five common questions about tuberculosis. We edited his responses for length and clarity.
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- Health Care