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Lifestyle changes contributing to ill health in China
Pollution, poor diet and stress are causing health problems in world's most populous country despite health reforms and affordable healthcare
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- nutrition
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Fake & sub-standard drugs: India, China may be worst offenders
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has a humble disclosure to make: there is still no accurate estimate of the global scale of counterfeit medicines.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Dengue vaccine to be out soon
A vaccine for the prevention of dengue may soon be released before 2016.
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Yourstory Buys Social Entrepreneurship Platform – ThinkChange India
YourStory.in, the media platform covering startups and early stage deals, has acquired social enterprise platform ThinkChange India.
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Q&A: Impact Assessment Key in Rural Development Projects
Marianela Jarroud interviews Eduardo Ramírez, Latin American Centre for Rural Development researcher
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- Impact Assessment
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Impact Investing: Lots of Interest, but Where’s the Big Money?
Categories too risky for many investors include women entrepreneurs and agricultural businesses
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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New $1 patch can deliver vaccines without injections
Professor Mark Kendall's Nanopatch was shown off last night to crowds at TEDGlobal
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US health officials say pill can also help prevent AIDS infection in injection drug users
Doctors should consider giving a daily AIDS drug to another high risk group to help prevent infections — people who shoot heroin, methamphetamines or other injection drugs, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.
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