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Bill Gates Can’t Build a Toilet
IN addition to eradicating polio in India and starting the personal computer revolution, the Seattle Superman of our age has managed to make going to the bathroom a cause célèbre. Five years ago, if I’d told people I worked on toilets, they would have surely assumed I was a plumber. Now, they exclaim: “Oh! Isn’t Bill Gates into that?”
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EU seeks ways to make vaccines resistant to hot weather
Half of the vaccines sent to developing countries are lost as they deteriorate during transportation, but a new EU-sponsored project may solve the problem.
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Africa: Technology Meets Health and Spurs Invention
Young African entrepreneurs are taking giant steps forward in addressing some of the continent's most pressing health issues.
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World’s First Heath Conference on Social Marketing and Franchising begins Dec 3
The Government is keen to explore the potential of social marketing (SM) and social franchising (SF) as effective tools to reach out to the rural population and scale up healthcare delivery under its flagship programmes, said Ms Anuradha Gupta, Additional Secretary of Health and Mission Director of National Rural Health Mission.
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Tablets Improve Family Planning Service in Rural Kenya
In Kenya, mobile technology usage is quickly becoming more popular. While these solutions increase access to services, many rural health facilities lack ability to provide adequate service delivery.
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Infosys to help Dutch community on health project
Indian IT bellwether Infosys will partner with Commit, a public-private research community in the Netherlands, for a sensor-based engagement for an improved health project, the company said.
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Domex launches toilet academy
Domex, toilet cleaner brand of Hindustan Unilever Lever (HUL), has launched Domex Toilet Academy to mark the occasion of World Toilet Day which is celebrated globally on November 19 every year.
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Why your future becomes brilliant if you have a toilet
In Madagascar, toilets can change the entire course of a woman's life, from time to cook to freedom from fear of rape and attack.
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