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For Global Drug Manufacturers, China Becomes a Perilous Market
Multinational drug companies now employ more sales agents in China than they do in the United States, their largest market.
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3 surprise tips on careers in global health
Global health is undoubtedly a big component of international development work.
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14 Scalable Social Enterprises
Depending on who you ask and what their specific definition of social enterprise is, they may say that "scalable social enterprises" are redundant because all social enterprises should be able to scale.
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Calvert Foundation developing impact investing initiative for diaspora communities
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is supporting the first phase of the initiative, a feasibility study, with a $200,000 grant.
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Civil war is killing children in the Central African Republic — but it’s not doing it with bullets
Experts weigh in on the short- and long-term ways war negatively impacts child health.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This Bill Gates-Backed Super-Thermos Saves Lives With Cold Vaccines
Life saving medicine doesn’t like hot temperatures, which makes it hard to get it to the remote villages where it’s often most needed. The amazing new Passive Vaccine Storage Device keeps health workers informed about its movements and its cargo, and keeps that cargo totally cool for 30 days.
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‘The Govt’s decision of sending inexperienced MBBS doctors to rural India is flawed’
According to various sources, the Central Government and the Medical Council of India have reached a consensus about introducing a compulsory one-year rural stint for any MBBS student who wishes to sit for post-graduation entrance exams.
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Africa: Invest in Ourselves for Profit and Social Good – Elumelu
When President Barack Obama announced his administration's US$7 billion 'Power Africa' initiative in Tanzania this month, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist Tony Elumelu was at his side. His Heirs Holdings investment firm pledged $2.5 billion towards an estimated $9 billion private-sector fund to boost the electrification project.
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- Energy