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OPINION: Ebola epidemic is a ‘Black Swan’ event, say U of M infectious disease experts
West Africa’s Ebola epidemic is a “Black Swan” event that is likely to severely alter how the world approaches future global public health crises — even more so than the AIDS epidemic has done — according to a commentary published Friday in JAMA Internal Medicine by Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).
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Africa: 10 Reasons Why Mobile Rocks in Africa
Mobile use in Africa is expected to increase 20-fold in the next five years.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Money: Banks get ready to take on M-pesa
Safaricom's popular mobile money-transfer service may finally have met its match as innovation in the banking sector catches up.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Here’s How Nigeria Beat Ebola
It took 18,500 interviews, but Nigeria managed to contain the Ebola outbreak.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SC Johnson Rolls Out Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Marketing Strategy in Ghana
SC Johnson, the Wisconsin-based company, is selling cleaning and pest control products in Ghana while contributing to local efforts to reduce the risks of contracting malaria.
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Ebola cost to W.Africa economy could top $32 bn: World Bank
The deadly Ebola epidemic could deal a $32 billion-plus blow to the West African economy over the next year if officials cannot get it under control, the World Bank warned Wednesday.
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$25M gift to U-M will help Third World moms, babies
An anonymous donor has given the University of Michigan $25 million to bring reproductive health medicine to remote areas in Africa.
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Ebola outbreak: Where are the mHealth apps?
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa and now the U.S. is surely among the most high-profile incidents wherein mobile health technologies could have proven their mettle.
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