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Energy poverty deprives 1 billion of adequate healthcare, says report
Neglect of energy undermines healthcare and education, leaving patients, teachers and children in the dark.
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‘Impact Entrepreneurship’ Places Importance on Social Consciousness
On a trip to Africa in 1990, Peter Scott was moved to tears by the deforestation he encountered.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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With end of TRIPS, aid groups see access to cheap drugs closing
Civil society groups are rallying efforts to extend a deal that is seen to give the world’s poorest countries access to cheap drugs.
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India Bends Curve on Child Health
India is making positive strides in reducing child mortality through new policies and ambitious programs, but preventing the deaths of millions of children remains one of the country’s greatest challenges.
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- South Asia
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GlaxoSmithKline unit joins patent pool for AIDS drugs
GlaxoSmithKline's HIV/AIDS drugs business is to share intellectual property rights on children's medicine in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available in poor countries.
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What the NHS can learn from innovative healthcare practices abroad
From clinical services to specialised care, there are many models of affordable healthcare.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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PEPFAR at 10: What’s next?
A leading global AIDS program lacks a clear long-term strategy to help countries build the capacity to tackle the epidemic themselves, an independent report prepared for U.S. Congress suggests.
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Rising vaccine prices mean fewer children immunized
Adding more children's vaccines to the recommended package should--in theory--save more lives. But rising prices may actually mean fewer children are vaccinated.
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