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Global push seeks greater spending to improve health
Lawrence Summers has a new mission. The former U.S. Treasury secretary and chief economic adviser to President Obama is looking to improve the world's health dramatically over the next 20 years. Part of his job is to persuade governments - mostly in low- and lower-middle-income countries - to spend tens of billions of dollars a year to get there.
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In Latest Report, Professors Propose Health Investment Framework
A global public health report co-authored by Harvard University professor Lawrence H. Summers, School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk, and Public Health professor Sue J. Goldie, among others, proposes an unprecedented investment framework to significantly reduce health disparities between the poorest and the wealthiest nations.
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What We Can Learn from How 1 Million People Died in India
The Million Death Study (MDS) involves biannual in-person surveys of more than 1 million households across India. The study covers the period from 1997 to the end of 2013, and will document roughly 1 million deaths.
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How much would it take to end health gaps?
Bridging the health gap between rich and poor nations is feasible in the next 22 years, but it will require the international community to refocus its assistance, and explore inexpensive but innovative interventions to curb emerging health issues, such as noncommunicable diseases.
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‘I Don’t Wish I Had AIDS’: If only diabetics worldwide could feel the same way
In a 2012 study, diabetic patients were consistently heard "wishing they had AIDS." That’s because, in many parts of the world, diabetes is a death sentence. However, with greater access to information and affordable care, it doesn’t have to be.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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Philips Partners With AMREF Flying Doctors To Improve Health Care In Africa
Royal Philips and African Medical and Research Foundation or AMREF Flying Doctors, the largest health organization in Africa, announced Tuesday that they will work closely together in a shared-value partnership model designed to bring about a structural improvement in the health care infrastructure and provision on the African continent.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Time for New Revolutions in Global Health Care
The introductions of anesthesia, sterilization and academy-trained surgeons were the three revolutions of modern surgery, but this history reflects progress that has prioritized a small portion of the world's population.
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Pharmaceutical firms profit from rising disease burden
A growing trend of ailments plaguing the Nigerian populace, including non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, cancer and diabetes, is offering huge growth prospects for pharmaceutical companies challenged to manufacture drugs to address the situation.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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