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Global Pilot Project Demonstrates Disease Containment
U.S. and international public health officials have launched two successful demonstration projects - in Africa and Asia - to show how a quick response to outbreaks can contain infectious diseases.
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- Health Care
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Rx for Global Health: New drug-diagnostic combos are emerging, but are our market structures ready to support them?
Traditional ways of viewing diagnostics and drugs separately are starting to blur, especially in the developed world. But new business and partnership models are needed if these boundary-spanning new technologies are to reach low-income countries.
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- Health Care
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Why Ending Malaria May Be More About Backhoes Than Bed Nets
Wiping out malaria is still a top goal for many leaders in global health.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance, infrastructure
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Indonesia’s Universal Healthcare — Will it Work?
The rollout of universal health coverage in Indonesia has been greeted with public enthusiasm, but health experts warn that inadequate funding could undermine the quality of care.
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- Health Care
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- governance, infrastructure
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ADB clears $700 mn loan for Indian infrastructure development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $700 million in loans to support the Indian government's efforts to accelerate investment in infrastructure which the country requires to ensure strong economic growth.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- infrastructure, lending
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Colombia to improve capital city’s public transport system with IDB loan
Colombia will improve its public transportation system in Bogota with a $40 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), making its hallmark bus system better as well as cleaner.
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- Uncategorized
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- Latin America
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- infrastructure, lending
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A Chance To See Is A Chance At Life: The case of salaUno in Mexico
Javier Okhuysen, the co?founder and CEO of salaUno to salaUno, says the Mexico-based social enterprise has replicated the best practices of the Aravind Eye Care model, providing affordable surgeries through specialization, a high-volume referral network, cost-efficiency, patient-centered care and a vertically integrated supply chain.
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- Health Care
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Africa’s Richest Man To Build 1,000-Bed Hospital
Nigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote plans to construct a 1,000-bed hospital in Kano, which when completed will be the largest health facility in the northern state, Nigeria’s Channels Television has reported.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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