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Roadmap to Defeating Childhood Diseases: The infrastructure that helped India whip polio could be used to immunize against other preventable killers
The elimination of polio in India is "one of the greatest public health achievements in modern history," says Dr. Geeta Sodhi, and it’s now time to build on that legacy and focus on other preventable childhood diseases.
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- Health Care
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Ebola deaths rise to 135 as vaccine research lags
As the death toll from the Ebola virus in West Africa climbs to 135 people, a vaccine to combat the deadly virus remains years out of reach.
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Predicting Disease Outbreaks in a Changing Climate in Africa
The IPCC report focuses on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
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- Environment, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vector control focus of World Health Day
Swarms of mosquitoes buzzing around people after dusk is a familiar scene on almost every city street. So World Health Organisation's (WHO) theme for World Health Day on Monday will clearly strike a chord in Chennai. WHO has identified vector diseases as biggest threat to health and have started a campaign with the tagline 'Small bite, big threat'.
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Donors Commit $240 Million to Fight Neglected Diseases
Bill Gates, the World Bank and other donors are stepping up efforts to fight neglected tropical diseases in Africa and other low-income regions with a $240 million injection of new funding.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dabbawallas to Spread Dengue, Malaria Messages in Mumbai
On Monday, the city's 50,000-odd dabbawallas will tag a health message-'prevent and control vector-borne diseases'-to each of the two lakh tiffin boxes that they carry throughout the day.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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It’s Time to WASH Up: Three lessons for developing effective water, sanitation and hygiene interventions
The lack of access to safe sanitation and clean water holds back social and economic development through negative impacts on health, education and livelihoods. Research shows the situation can be improved through interventions that place an emphasis on the end beneficiary and leverage local private-public expertise in design and delivery.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care
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Guinea: Ebola death toll reaches 70
At least 70 people are reported to have died from Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Guinea, according to a statement from the West African nation's health ministry.
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