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India Is Training ‘Quacks’ to Do Real Medicine. This Is Why
Aditya Bandopadhyay has treated the sick for more than twenty years. He works in the village of Salbadra, in the state of West Bengal, India. He has no degree in medicine.
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Technology Alone Is Not the Answer in Healthcare
“A technology only solution isn’t going to get us anywhere,” says Shelly Saxena. He’s referring to the growing number of social enterprises and development initiatives that use mobile phones and telemedicine to deliver healthcare in India.
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Can social entrepreneurs drive inclusive growth in India?
Over 60% of the Indian population still lives on less than $2 (about Rs.130 at current rates) a day. In the World Economic Forum’sInclusive Growth and Development Report 2015, India is placed second highest in terms of net income inequality among 34 countries in the lower-middle-income group.
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Hilleman Lab scouts for partners to develop low-cost vaccines
Hilleman Laboratories today said it is looking to tie up with vaccine specialty companies and government agencies to fund a Rs 300 project for developing some low-cost vaccines in India.
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Women social entrepreneurs are driving transformation
Globally, societies are riddled with multiple problems and long-standing issues that remain unresolved by the institutions and the government sector. This is where social entrepreneurs step in to challenge, question and rethink concepts and assumptions.
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Indian Immunologicals opens vaccine facility near Hyderabad
Indian Immunologicals to significantly expand its manufacturing capabilities to meet growing demand for vaccines.
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Hilleman Lab In Talks With Indian Vaccine Makers For Tech Transfer
Hilleman Laboratories, a global vaccine development initiative set up by UK-based biomedical research charity Wellcome Trust and US-drug multinational Merck and Co., is in talks with at least a couple of Indian vaccine manufacturers and government institutions to license out its technologies, including a low-cost Meningitis vaccine and heat-stable Rotavirus vaccine. The technology transfer deals, once signed and implemented, will make the Indian companies global supplier of these novel vaccines.
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India and Bangladesh Play Unlikely Starring Role at Money 20/20
Financial inclusion featured high on the agenda of the opening sessions at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas. Initiatives from Asia were highlighted as showing best practice in solving identity issues.
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