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Gambia: Rural Electrification Boosts Health Care Delivery
CEO Kebba Badjie recently made these remarks in an exclusive interview with the Daily Observer in Bwiam.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Typhoon Haiyan leaves shattered healthcare in central Philippines
There have been no major outbreaks of disease in Samar and Eastern Samar provinces, but between Jan. 1 and 20 , there were 84 suspected dengue cases in Ormoc City in Leyte Province, leading to the medical evacuation of at least four international aid workers.
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- Asia Pacific
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Power imbalances between nations ‘undermining global health efforts’
A joint commission from The Lancet and the University of Oslo in Norway finds that the imbalance of political power between nations is failing to protect the public's health, and calls for urgent reform in global decision making.
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- Education, Health Care
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Reserve Bank of India Eases Lending Norms for Microfinance Institutions
Move gives more leeway to medium-sized micro lenders to price their loans based on their cost borrowings
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- South Asia
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A Bank Account for All Adults … By 2016: India’s Nachiket Mor committee report has made headlines – will it make an impact?
In India, 40 percent of the population doesn’t have access to financial services. But a Reserve Bank of India committee has recommended providing bank accounts for all Indian adults by 2016 - and it has an intriguing plan for doing so. Some see this as “the starting point for a new financial architecture" in India. Will the impact measure up to the ambition?
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India is polio free, but faces threat of virus from Pakistan
India is all geared up to be tagged ‘polio-free,’ in February by the Indian Government after not a single case of polio was reported in the past three years within the country’s boundaries. At this juncture, World Health Organization (WHO) country head, Dr Nata Menabde speaks to Maitri Porecha and Santosh Andhale about the intricacies involved in tackling the crippling challenge of polio.
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- Health Care
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Big pharma firms pushes for US action against India over patent worries
Global pharmaceutical firms are pressuring the United States to act against India to stop more local companies producing up to a dozen new varieties of cheap generic drugs still on-patent, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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- South Asia
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- governance
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World Health Organization calls for action after predicting rise in cancer cases
The number of cancer cases will rise by half by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Developing countries are set to bear the brunt of the increase, with governments urged to take preventative action.
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- Health Care