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In the United States, private school is generally a privilege of the rich. But in poorer nations, particularly in Africa and South Asia, families of all social classes send their children to private school.
Where Private School Is Not a PrivilegeBlog Post
The focus of the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) has been centered almost exclusively in the economic limitations of low-income communities. But in our report, “Understanding the BoP from an Access to Opportunities,” we expand this focus and recognize the multidimensional concepts of poverty, including an analysis of the BoP through their access to a joining of five basic necessities: water, energy, education, housing, and information and communication technology.
NexThought Monday – The BoP Beyond Income Levels: Exploring the ‘opportunity access’ approachBlog Post
There are no shortage of reasons to be critical of communism, or of the Cuban government. And free enterprise brings innovative solutions to poverty and health care delivery that top-down systems can’t match. But Cuba’s health care system has managed to deliver impressive results with very limited resources. In this Q&A and presentation, Dr. Peter Bourne discusses the Cuban model, and what developing (and developed) countries could learn from it.
Viva la Revolucion?: What can other countries learn from Cuba’s health care model?News
India plans to suspend sale of medicines that are banned in one of the six major global drug markets for harmful side-effects, said two senior government officials.
Government may suspend sale of banned drugs taking cue from global drug regulatorsNews
Continuous social media exposure to the imaginative and the extraordinary can also be a bit deceptive.
Four Reasons Doctors Worry About Social MediaBlog Post
The shortage of medical professionals is a global problem, affecting both rich and poor countries. But though developed-world health care centers are responding by recruiting workers from abroad, Dr. Kate Tulenko argues that this is the wrong approach. In her book, Insourced: How Importing Jobs Impacts the Healthcare Crisis Here and Abroad, she explains why medical insourcing is a lose-lose situation for all countries involved. In part 2 of our Q & A, she discusses some possible solutions.
A Lose-Lose Situation: How medical insourcing impacts developing and developed countries (Part 2)Blog Post
In our first post on the 2013 Global Health & Innovation Conference, we highlight Jeffrey Sachs’ keynote speech on how information technology is transforming health care. Also included: a must-see video of Leana Wen’s conference session on how to use narrative to enhance diagnosis and transform policy.
The IT Revolution in Health Care: Jeffrey Sachs’ keynote at the Global Health & Innovation ConferenceNews
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa should significantly outpace the global average over the next three years, according to the World Bank.
World Bank: Africa’s economic growth to outpace average
