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Duke Global Health Institute unveils cancer prevention partnership in Tanzania
The Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Cancer Institute have collaborated on a new Global Cancer Initiative that will be launched in Tanzania.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Connected health to redefine India’s journey as an economic superpower, says Accenture
Despite its growing economic prowess, India ranks among the bottom five countries with the lowest public health spending globally and accounts for 21 percent of the world’s burden of disease.
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- Health Care
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PPP can help Africa’s health future
The future of Africa's health sector lies in the bosom of Public- Private- Partnership (PPP) and there is no option, Dr khama Rogo, Head of the International Finance Cooperation (IFC) Health in Africa Initiative said Wednesday.
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- Education, Health Care
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North Africa: Arab Spring Complicates Shifting Demands in Health Sector
Healthcare needs are changing in the Arab world, and chronic diseases linked to rising prosperity and aging populations are forcing health services to retool, even as the region grapples with political turmoil and uncertainty.
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- Health Care
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- governance, nutrition
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In India, Nachiket Mor defends the need for specialized banks
Nachiket Mor, Chairman of the RBI's committee on financial inclusion, strongly defended the need to have specialised banks compared to new full service banks. He said that the idea of financial inclusion will be better served in the medium term if specialised banks such as payments only banks and lending only banks are allowed to flourish.
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Pakistan facing challenge over procuring vaccines
Pakistan may face a country-wide shortage of life-saving vaccines due to government’s failure to fulfil its international co-financing liabilities for the procurement of vaccines to safeguard lives of millions of children from seven lethal preventable diseases.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- governance, vaccines
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OPINION: Branches Will Never Result In 100% Financial Inclusion in India
India has just 110 branches per million persons, compared with the USA which has more than 300 branches per million persons, and Spain which has an incredible 900 branches per million persons, with the next nearest in the EU being Italy with 650/mm.
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- South Asia
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New York Looks To Bring Bitcoin Out Of The Shadows
You can't put a bitcoin between your teeth, or fold a bit bill into origami. Unlike regular money, it has no physical form; it's computer code.
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- governance