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China eyes health research cooperation with Africa
China plans to improve the health services it provides in Africa and expand its medical aid there, according to the International Cooperation unit at China's National Health and Family Planning Commission.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- research
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There’s a new HIV drug – but Africa will have to wait
A new drug, Tivicay, that could be vital in the struggle against HIV, might not be available to those who need it the most.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Working on Tibet’s Future, From India
In a spacious classroom in this northern Indian hill town, 20 young Tibetan men and women sit in front of computers as the summer monsoon rains fall outside.
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- Education, Technology
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- South Asia
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Gates Foundation Lures Biotech VC to Work on Global Health Startups
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has people with big Rolodexes that extend into high levels of government, philanthropy, public health, and Big Pharma. Now the organization has hired someone to open doors to biotech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
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- Health Care
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NCDs cost India equivalent to 12.5% of its GDP, says US-based study
India, world’s largest generic medicines exporter, still lacks assured free access to good quality generic medicines and the support is needed to use them to best effect for large section of its population, says a study by US-based pharmacy school.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Increasing Profits by Reaching Pharma’s Silent Majority
We hear a lot in pharma about the voice of the customer, but the drug industry can’t hear the voices of millions of people around the world who might become its customers. Many die each year because they can’t afford to buy the medications they need to treat their illnesses.
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- Health Care
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A Stove That Cooks With Molten Salt
Using the sun instead of fuel to cook is an important innovation for the developing world, where fuel is scarce and fumes from burning can be deadly. This stove doesn’t just use the sun--it uses the sun to heat up salt until it melts.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why we’re heading for a global healthcare crunch – and how to avoid it
Designing healthcare around the commercial concept of value would improve services and prevent a financial crisis
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- Health Care
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- lending
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