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Breathing Life Into Ethiopian Health Care: Firm aims ‘to set the bar as high as possible’ as country’s only medical device manufacturer
There were no medical device manufacturing companies in Ethiopia. That is, until Tiffani Diage, Fasil Kiros and Birhanu Assefa Belay found the funding for a start-up firm to make mechanical resuscitation devices.
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The ‘absurdity’ of manufacturing in Africa
Africa’s wealth of natural resource reserves make it one of the largest producers and exporters of a number of commodities in the world. For example, the continent produces roughly three-quarters of the world’s platinum and over half of the world’s diamonds.
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New Dimensions in Health Care: 3D printers offer economy, new products and jobs
3D printers remain confined to technical universities and specialized labs in developing countries, but enthusiasts believe their time in the spotlight, particularly in the developed world, has come.
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Indian cos among emerging world’s vaccine heroes: Bill Gates
According to Gates, Serum Institute produces a higher volume of vaccines than any other company in the world
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Let Me Keep My Cash: The challenge of digitizing wages in Bangladesh’s garment sector
In the search for ways to jump-start the use of electronic money, some proponents are focusing on the digitization of wage and salary payments. But InterMedia’s latest research in Bangladesh suggests that convincing workers to embrace cashless payments may not be a slam-dunk.
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MSF Calls for Scale-Up of “Viral Load” Monitoring to Improve HIV Treatment in Developing Countries
Global Fund and US-gov’t PEPFAR program must use purchasing power to get better prices for viral load tests.
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A Celeb-Backed Apparel Factory in Haiti Goes High-End
When apparel brand Boxercraft was searching for a new supplier for its T-shirts and tank tops earlier this year, it didn’t turn to factories that crank out millions on the cheap. Instead, the 120-employee business, based near Atlanta, chose Industrial Revolution II, a garment manufacturer in Haiti. What clinched the deal was more than IRII’s competitive prices and low importing costs: It was the venture’s promise to train unemployed Haitians, pay them more than the minimum wage, and donate half its profits to social programs.
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Demand Forecasting Takes Off: How improved strategic demand forecasting is helping global health investors, manufacturers and donors
Poor forecasting of expected demand for key products is a pervasive problem in global health. It can lead to the waste of unsold drugs, instability in the prices and availability of essential products, and even drug shortages, resulting in incomplete treatments and drug resistance. But as the Center for Global Development reports, global health funders are making important progress on the issue.
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