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The New State Department Office of Global Health Diplomacy: A Second Chance to Get Things Right
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in one of her final acts as secretary, created the Office of Global Health Diplomacy (OGHD) and appointed Dr. Eric Goosby to head the new office.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Despite Progress, Immunization of African Children Falling Short
Researchers say that despite progress immunizing African children against disease, vaccination efforts are falling far short of what’s needed.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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A Plan to Chart Heart Risk in 1 Million Adults in Real Time
Researchers are launching a major study that will marshal the power of smartphones and other personal technologies in an effort to develop new strategies for preventing and managing heart disease.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Serving the poor, but operating like a business
At a time when public sector resources are limited, and every philanthropic dollar must go further, there is a robust debate in the international development community about how to achieve development goals with less money.
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- Agriculture
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Bankers ride boom in social enterprises
Putting private capital to public service is booming in Asia, and some investment bankers are quitting their high-profile jobs to support "clean and green" enterprises.
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- Asia Pacific
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Deepa Gangwani: Fomenting Change for Indian Trash Collectors
A shocking incident involving her maid and a trash collector helped set Deepa Gangwani on her quest to help the poor communities near where she lived in India.
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- Technology
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World food security and what young Africans can do about it
Leaders in sub-Saharan Africa, a region with the world’s fastest-growing and youngest population, seek to create more agriculture jobs.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Panel spikes government’s rural healthcare plan
The government’s plan to create a new cadre of trained individuals to provide basic healthcare in villages has received a setback with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health rejecting the proposal.
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