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Reversing ‘Diabesity’: Jana Care using new weapons to tackle diabetes and obesity
A team of engineers piggybacks on the recent spread of mobile phones and the Internet in India to educate patients as well as to change their unhealthy behaviors in a way they hope is scalable and cost-effective.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Healthcare innovations can revolutionise maternal and infant health
Despite the amazing advances made by our nation since independence, one area where we continue to be woefully inadequate is basic health parameters, particularly maternal and infant health.
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- Health Care
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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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Innovate or die: what it takes to transform global health
Social entrepreneurs are changing the lives of millions in the developing world, but it is often a lonely and frustrating journey. Ken Banks shares his tips for success for would-be innovators.
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- Health Care
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Masimo and Newborn Foundation Jointly Announce Mobile Health Initiative to Reduce Global Newborn Mortality
The Newborn Foundation’s BORN Project launches with new iSpO2 Rx mobile technology for early detection of health conditions in newborns in low-resource settings.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Philips partners Africa to promote maternal, child health
Over the years, efforts by most countries, including Ghana, to address high maternal and infant mortality rates as a step to meeting Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Four and Five have yielded some results.
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- Health Care
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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