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A Working Model for Health Insurance for the Poor: Learning from the early success of India’s RSBY
Five years ago, Anil Swarup and his team started India’s health insurance program for the poor – Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). Since then, it has become an increasingly important vehicle of social protection, providing subsidized health insurance to over 110 million people. In this post and related essay, Victoria Fan explores some key features of RSBY’s early success.
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New Vaccine Drives Africa Meningitis Cases to Lowest in Decade
Case numbers in Africa's meningitis season this year were the lowest in 10 years thanks to a cheap new vaccine designed to treat a type of the disease common in the so-called meningitis belt, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Micro Health Insurance: Chronicle of a Death Foretold?
Is there a future for micro health insurance? Is it destined to go by the wayside as governments take on an increasingly larger share of the burden of providing coverage to their populations? Should it?
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Global Surgery: Myths and Realities
What the world really needs is consistent, quality surgical services in developing countries. In communities around the world, lack of training and supplies mean there is little to no surgical treatment available for injuries, maternal complications, cancer, congenital malformations, and emergencies like appendicitis
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From Cataracts to Killer Monkeys: The growing need for surgery at the BoP (Bi-Weekly Checkup, 6/8/13)
Right now, over 2 billion people lack access to adequate surgical services, and an estimated 56 million people across Africa are in need of surgical treatment. What’s more, the need for surgery may be poised to expand significantly. Is the global health community responding? We explore the issue in our Bi-Weekly Checkup.
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How AIDS Invented Global Health
Over the past half-century, historians have used episodes of epidemic disease to investigate scientific, social, and cultural change.
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- Education, Health Care
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Diagnosing Jaundice by Phone: How ClikJaundice is using mobile technology to empower parents at the BoP
Jaundice is a potentially serious but easily treatable condition affecting about half of the world’s newborns. But at the BoP, limited access to health care can make it difficult to diagnose, putting babies at risk of severe brain damage. Now, in India, a new mobile tech product called ClikJaundice is providing remote diagnosis of jaundice at an affordable price.
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What are the biggest problems for Indian healthcare system?
The Indian healthcare system is a dilapidated state. The costs seem to raise everyday which makes it unaffordable for a large chuck of the population. Recently Indian Health Progress (IHP) organisation with support from PhRMa discussed what the Indian healthcare system desperately needs and the steps to improve it. Aman Gupta, Principal Advisory of IHP shares the key areas that need to be developed urgently.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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