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The Complex Truth of Health Tech: Why Greater Ultrasound Availability Doesn’t Always Benefit Patients
Advances in health technologies have reshaped the lives of communities, families and individuals, undoubtedly contributing to better health outcomes around the world. Yet, despite their potential, new technologies can also add new challenges, risking potential gains in quality, safety or cost. Nowhere is this more evident than in the rapid spread of ultrasound devices, which according to representatives of the NGO Management Sciences for Health, carry a potentially significant downside.
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The low-cost device saving newborns in India
Birth asphyxia – lack of oxygen – is the cause of 20% of newborn deaths in India. A simple piece of equipment is helping revive babies and prevent long-term damage.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Exclusive: Documents reveal largest USAID health project in trouble
Between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2017, only 7 percent of the health commodity shipments delivered through the GHSC-PSM project arrived at their destination “on time and in full” — a common metric for measuring the performance of a supply chain.
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ARM backs Simprints $2.45m funding boost to prevent maternal and child deaths
After a rigorous review by global health experts, Cambridge startup Simprints was chosen among 15 of the world’s most promising ideas to save lives at birth in developing countries, edging out over 550 other applicants to secure millions in new funding to develop and refine its innovations.
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South Africa: Could Better Health for Your Baby Come in a Cardboard Box?
Almost 40% of pregnant women in South Africa's public health sector go for their first check-up only after their 20th week of pregnancy, figures from the Health Systems Trust's 2015/2016 District Health Barometer show.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ending “Preventable” Maternal Deaths With Limited Resources: Learning From Successful Country Programs
According to the World Health Organization, most maternal deaths are preventable. The concept of a preventable maternal death, however, is nuanced: A maternal death is more easily prevented in settings with access to health care providers, infrastructure and supplies compared to settings with limited resources.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Campaigners refuse to throw in the towel over India’s ‘tax on blood’
In India, it is a subject usually spoken about in whispers or behind closed doors. But after a social media campaign by a local politician, Bollywood stars, comedians and writers have joined thousands of people in tweeting videos of themselves urging finance minister Arun Jaitley to scrap sales taxes on sanitary towels.
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This innovator is trying to make sanitary pads affordable for women in India
But first: an unlikely innovation from an unusual innovator. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has the story of one man who has made it his mission to bring affordable hygiene products to women in India. Its part of our series Agents for Change.
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