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Developing countries should enroll medical and nursing students from rural areas
Nearly one third of medical and nursing students in developing countries may have no intention of working in their own countries after graduation, while less than one fifth of them intend to work in rural areas where they are needed most, according to a new study.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ebola Researchers Have A Radical Idea: Rush A Vaccine Into The Field
Traditional means of containing Ebola aren't working fast enough to get ahead of the epidemic. So the question is: Will giving an experimental vaccine to willing volunteers help contain the disease or put people at greater risk?
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shares of Companies Testing Ebola Vaccines Rise
Shares of some companies that are studying potential vaccines for Ebola climbed after federal officials announced that the first case of the disease has been diagnosed in the U.S.
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- Health Care
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OPINION: Ebola and Irrational Exuberance for Social Impact Bonds and Social Enterprise
The lack of preventative action against Ebola isn’t just market failure, and effective action against public health crises in West Africa are unlikely to be addressed by private investors putting money into social impact bonds.
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Africa: Landmark HIV Diagnostic Access Program Will Save $150m
Roche has announced a major Global Access Program to sharply lower the price of HIV viral load tests in low- and middle-income countries
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ExxonMobil fights malaria in Cameroon against backdrop of climate change
The fossil fuel giant is part of a public-private partnership with a complicated balance sheet.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How the private sector can pitch in to help combat Ebola
While health workers on the ground continue to struggle to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations, international nongovernmental organizations and other donors are appealing to the private sector for help.
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Ebola vaccine for West Africa still in Canada, 6 weeks after it was promised
The experimental Ebola vaccine that Canada promised to ship to West Africa to help fight the epidemic six weeks ago has yet to be shipped to West Africa a, says Dr. Gregory Taylor, the country's new chief public health officer.
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