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Disease burden links ecology to economic growth
A NEW study in the open access journal PLOS Biology, finds that vector-borne and parasitic diseases have substantial effects on economic development across the globe, and are major drivers of differences in income between tropical and temperate countries.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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T cell ‘atlas’ paves way for new vaccines
COLUMBIA U. (US) — The first-ever “atlas” of immune cells in the human body may lead to new vaccine strategies and immunotherapies.
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- Health Care
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Maybe an accelerator at sea isn’t so ‘Unreasonable’ after all
11 entrepreneurs will set sail on Unreasonable at Sea's accelerator with the goal to break into the global market to solve the world's most pressing problems with the backing of some of the best tech minds that the industry has to offer.
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Unitus Seed Fund lands $8 Million for BoP Startups from Leading Early-stage Investors
Investment includes backing of Vinod Khosla, Mohandas Pai, Mike Murray and others
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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India’s shift to inclusive innovation is ‘a model to follow’
A leading Indian scientist and policymaker is calling on developing countries to adopt an "emerging paradigm" of affordable, less complex and inclusive innovation to promote development and cut poverty.
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- South Asia
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A ‘gold standard’ moment for evidence-based decision-making in global health
Each year, billions of dollars in foreign aid are earmarked for various global health priorities. The process by which any given health area ascends to priority status may vary with context, but as a global health community, we shoulder a collective responsibility to target our efforts based on reliable data that point to where the need is greatest.
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Why Toilets, Not Cell Phones, Are Key To Education Around The World
John Kluge says things many people want to say, but don’t because they think it’s taboo. Kluge is out to change that.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care
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The Gyaner Haats – knowledge bazaars – of Bangladesh
Faruk Ul Islam explains how his charity is developing networks that build on official channels to reach deeper into communities
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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