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Deadly Bacteria Is a Global Health Crisis and Investor Opportunity
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, like the proverbial time bomb, are poised to wreak infectious havoc on a worldwide scale.
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Health and the post-2015 development agenda: Stuck in the doldrums?
I think it’s fair to say most of us don’t typically take UN reports with us on our summer vacation. But you might want make an exception in the case of the high-level panel (HLP) report on the post-2015 development agenda. It offers a nice opportunity to reflect how – over the last 15 years or so – we have seen some serious global shifts in values, expectations and motivations.
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‘The next 10 years will make or break India’
Vijay Govindarajan, Professor at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in the US speaks to N. Madhavan about how Indian companies can promote innovation.
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- South Asia
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End of sex worker pledge in AIDS funds lifts stigma
US groups that work to end HIV around the world will no longer be forced to take a pledge against prostitution, after the Supreme Court ruled this week it is a violation of free speech.
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Africa: Pepfar Marks 10 Years, 1 Million Healthy Babies
One million babies are alive today because their HIV-infected mothers received medication to prevent them from transmitting the virus to their infants.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Let’s set a global drug quality benchmark
The crisis in Indian pharma is a chance to develop a new regulatory path
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- governance, public health
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Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade.
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- South Asia
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Colombia Consolidates Itself As A Health Destination In Latin America
The country is pioneer in creating its own accreditation systems. There are 16 national Colombian institutions accredited nationally and two accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI).
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- Latin America
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- public health