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“Can You Heal Me Now? Good”: Mobile technology innovations in health care
Between 2000 and 2012, mobile subscriptions skyrocketed from less than 1 billion to well over 6 billion. Nearly 75 percent of the world’s population was using mobile phones in 2012—the vast majority in the developing world. And more than 30 billion mobile apps were downloaded in 2011. The growing reach of mobile technology means that global health care is ripe for innovation - here are a few examples.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Vaccines shunned by some as others struggle for access
For parents in Somalia, giving their children immunizations is not a choice.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Malaria resistance – it’s in the parasite’s genes
Tracking malaria resistance is imperative if it is to be prevented, say scientists who have been genotyping the parasites.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Government may suspend sale of banned drugs taking cue from global drug regulators
India plans to suspend sale of medicines that are banned in one of the six major global drug markets for harmful side-effects, said two senior government officials.
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FAIL! Top Universities Get Poor Grades on Global Health Research: Bi-Weekly Checkup (4/27/13)
If you’ve ever brought home a bad report card, here’s something that’ll soothe your ego: you’re in the company of some of the top schools in America. A recent report assessing universities’ global health research gave C’s and D’s to many prestigious schools. But are the grades fair? Here’s our take - and some other posts you may have missed - in NextBillion Health Care’s Bi-Weekly Checkup.
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- Education, Health Care
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The Power of One: An Anti-Malaria Campaign With Some Powerful Partners
An all-star team--including Twitter, a former Apple marketing executive, the people who ran Obama’s online campaign, drug companies, and more--are coming together with Malaria No More to make a huge push to stop one of the most deadly diseases in the world.
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Superbug drug fight in danger with just four pharmaceutical firms left making antibiotics, report says
The number of new antibiotics being developed is “alarmingly low,” according to a new report by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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Innovative finance and its promise for global health
Few global health institutions focus as much on innovative finance as UNITAID.
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- Health Care
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