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Don’t Forget Hygiene: Health care delivery in sub-Saharan Africa is complicated, but simple things still matter
Dr. Patrick Lukulay, vice president of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention’s Global Health Impact Programs and program director for the USAID-funded Promoting the Quality of Medicines program, was born and raised in Sierra Leone and has a unique perspective on how to get pharmaceuticals into the hands of the people who need them in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Health Care
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Delegates Debate Climate Change Influence On Health
Through providing leadership, advocacy, policy and research, the Alliance aims to ensure health impacts are integrated into global, national and local responses to climate change and to encourage the health sector's mitigation and adaptation efforts.
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- Education, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank Identifies Threats to Global Health – Says Policy Interventions Can Turn the Tide
A new World Bank report warns that risky behaviors -smoking, using illicit drugs, alcohol abuse, unhealthy diets, and unsafe sex-- are increasing globally and pose a growing threat to the health of individuals, particularly in developing countries.
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- Education, Health Care
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Lifebuoy, UNICEF partner to fight colera
Lifebuoy commences another journey towards saving lives by partnering UNICEF with donation of Lifebuoy soap towards basic hygiene practice aimed at preventing the spread of cholera in Nigeria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Debunking Myths About Products for Africa: Zyomyx develops test for HIV/AIDS treatment with service-free accessory
Zyomyx, a for-profit Silicon Valley biotech firm,has developed a point-of-care CD4 test for HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa that delivers results in less than 10 minutes and will cost less than (U.S.) $10 per test.
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Mobile Health Targets Women: Yet many don’t have mobile phones
Mobile technology can provide maternal care to women across the globe – if more women get cell phones. The problem is phones can be too expensive, and when families can afford only one phone, it most often goes to the husband rather than the wife.
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- Health Care, Technology
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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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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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India continues to have largest pneumonia & diarrheal disease burden in world
U.S. based, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recently highlighted the Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report 2013 which showed that India continues to have the largest pneumonia and diarrhoeal disease burden in the world.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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