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‘There is no element of the market that is really safe’: Hewlett Packard’s Paul Ellingstad on health care innovation, and doing business at the BoP
The BoP hasn’t traditionally been a major focus of multinational corporations. But that’s starting to change, as major players start looking to the younger, faster-growing developing world for future growth. NextBillion Health Care spoke with Hewlett Packard’s Paul Ellingstad about the promise of technology, the importance of innovation, and the challenges and opportunities in the BoP market.
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- Health Care, Technology
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What ails Indian Healthcare?
In April 2012, there were reports of India’s health expenditure being the lowest in comparison to the BRIC Nations despite growing as fast as them. A year later, the ‘progress report’ barely shows any progress.
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- Health Care
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- governance, public health
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Tanzania Set to Train 10,000 New Health Workers Each Year
Arusha — TANZANIA is moving in the right path towards the target of training 10,000 new health workers every year in its resolve to curb acute shortage of medical personnel.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Rethinking Global Public Health
Families and friends make healthy or unhealthy choices based on social and cultural pressures, especially when it comes to activities like exercise and eating. If we are ever going to solve this trillion-dollar problem, we have to rethink global public health.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Polio in Somalia: UN warns of ‘explosive’ outbreak
The UN has warned of a severe outbreak of polio in Somalia, days after a medical charity pulled out of the country, citing insecurity.
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- Health Care
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Can African Healthcare Systems Handle Growing Economies?
With severely limited resources, African health systems may have to think more radically about how to manage health problems, as well as about striking a more sustainable balance between supply oriented and demand-targeted interventions.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Expanding the Scope of Health Care: A roundtable discussion on nutrition’s impact on health, featuring World Food Program Senior Nutrition Advisor Martin Bloem
About two billion people suffer from malnutrition in both developed and developing countries, with another two billion suffering from hidden hunger. We need new approaches to this crisis, as awareness grows of the impact of nutrition on health. Martin Bloem, Senior Nutrition Advisor with the World Food Programme, discussed these issues with Ashoka Changemakers and other nutrition experts.
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- Health Care
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- nutrition, public health
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Generic Manufacturers for Reproductive Health: Closing the gap to reaching 120 million more women
One year ago, there was a surge of momentum around reproductive health, as the London Summit on Family Planning focused NGOs, governments, foundations and the private sector on providing 120 million more women in developing countries with access to family planning tools by 2020. Now a group of generic manufacturers of reproductive health supplies are acting to turn these commitments into concrete results.
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- Health Care
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- public health