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Is the ‘glass half-empty’ drowning our efforts in Global Health?
In the 18 months since the 2011 UN High Level Meeting (HLM) on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), increasing discussion has surrounded this vast and growing epidemiological burden.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Kenya: Major Price Cut for Rapid TB Test
The cost of a highly accurate, rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been reduced by 40 percent under a new agreement between the US government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the health financing mechanism, UNITAID.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Connecting The Worlds Of For-Profit And Nonprofit For Greater Good
We live in a world where for-profits and not-for-profits occupy separate spheres, and we often focus more on their differences than on their similarities.
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World Bank chief calls for ending extreme poverty by 2030
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called for a commitment by the international community on Tuesday to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people living in developing countries.
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India’s salt workers get help from social enterprise
The hostile desert landscape in the Little Rann of Kutch in western Gujarat state is where 10,000 small-scale labourers produce salt. About 70% of India's salt comes from Gujarat, where 70,000 people are self-employed in the industry. India is the world's third-largest salt producer, after China and the US.
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Rethinking TB vaccines
As researchers consider who might benefit most from the next wave of tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, some argue that we're not doing enough with the vaccine we already have.
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- Health Care
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Africa: HIV/Aids – New Investment in Point-of-Care Evaluation
International medicines financing mechanism UNITAID will invest more than US$140 million to evaluate point-of-care HIV diagnostic and monitoring technology in seven African countries.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Clever Packaging: Essential Medicine Rides Coke’s Distribution Into Remote Villages
Simon Berry is piggybacking on Coca-Cola’s distribution system to bring life-saving medicine to the places that need it most.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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