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What will Google Glass do for health?
It's probably the most anticipated and potentially transformative new gadget since the smartphone. But unlike the iPhone, Google Glass has also been heralded with a healthy dose of controversy.Although few folks have yet managed to get their mitts on a pair, lots of people have some pretty passionate ideas about what the technology – which enables hands-free Web and camera access – will mean, for healthcare and society at large.
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Only 1 in 20 washes hands properly
Only one in every twenty people washes their hands properly, a new global survey has found. And South Africans are no exception. Although South African adults are worried about infectious diseases, they still don't wash their hands properly.
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- Health Care
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Data visualisation aims to change view of global health
By creating a new and innovative way to look at massive amounts of patient data worldwide, one man hopes he can change the way public health crises are managed, as Cynthia Graber reports.
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India signs loan agreement with World Bank for US$ 255 million for National AIDS Control Project-IV
An agreement for loan of US$ 255 million (equivalent) from World Bank for the "National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)" was signed here today between India and the World Bank.
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The Case Against Socially Responsible Business
Last week, a constellation of corporate heavyweights and other worthies came out to launch the B Team, a coalition devoted to changing how companies do business. In the team's new "Plan B," people and the planet receive equal primacy with profits. That sort of triple-bottom-line thinking might work for some companies, but to abandon the pure for-profit model altogether would be a huge mistake.
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Q&A With Chuck Slaughter, Living Goods Founder And CEO
Test ideas quickly and cheaply, and remember that widespread social impact cannot be accomplished alone. Those are two pieces of advice from one of Schwab Foundation’s social entrepreneurs of 2013, Chuck Slaughter, the founder and CEO of Living Goods.
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Are global vaccination programmes helping the most needy?
As the politics of aid to lower income countries comes under greater scrutiny are the needs of the poor in middle income countries being missed? And as 'big Pharma' flexes its muscles is enough being done to hold down skyrocketing vaccine prices to benefit those who need them most? The latest controversy is between two organisations that have the same goal - to provide vaccines to citizens of poorer countries.
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How Microsoft’s Xbox is Transforming Gamification in Healthcare
Is Microsoft’s XBox fueling the growth of gamification in healthcare? An exploration into the possibilities of XBox becoming healthcare’s gamification platform of choice.
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