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All Health Care Is Local in Uganda
The late Tip O'Neill, former speaker of the U.S. House, coined the phrase "all politics is local," by which he meant that politicians become successful by addressing the everyday concerns of the voters who elected them to office
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why mHealth Alliance is moving to the Global South
The company which champions the use of mobile technologies to improve health around the world will move its headquarters to South Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Portable Device Tests for HIV With a Single Drop of Blood
Advances in T-cell analysis give hope to HIV and ovarian cancer patients.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tanzania: Home Child Delivery an HIV/Aids Risk
When HIV positive women give birth, treatment for the newborns has to start immediately as any delay may result into the transmission of viruses from mother to child
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa: Rural Health – Grossly Unequal but Some Hope
While there are significant unmet health needs in many parts of South Africa, they are particularly acute in historically disadvantaged rural areas.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Africa, Climate Change Wages War on Bodies, not Just Lands
While the African Union concentrates on strategies to mitigate the devastating financial effects climate change is having on Africans, I worry instead about its impact on our bodies.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Africa’s researchers are solving Africa’s health problems
Researchers are pioneering treatments on the continent, for health challenges unique to the continent – but despite the successes African research institutions continue to lag behind
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Warning sign: The news on AIDS isn’t all good
On World AIDS Day, an important question: Is an AIDS-free generation within reach?
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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