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Africa: Global Fund Executive Director Calls for Focused Action to Fight Infectious Disease
Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said today that concentrated action will achieve significantly greater impact on infectious diseases that threaten maternal and child health.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Billionaire Horse Breeder’s Polio Shot to Undercut Glaxo
Indian billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla, founder of the world’s biggest maker of vaccines, will slash the price of polio immunization and introduce shots for diarrhea and pneumonia, undercutting Pfizer Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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U.S. Budget Battle Preview: How it May Affect Foreign Aid
Four scenarios of how things might unfold over the next two months, and their respective impact on the U.S. International Affairs Budget
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- Health Care
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- governance, public health
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Mobile health: donors should follow, not lead
No more preempting local demand with substandard products, the mHealth sector needs donors willing to learn from local actors and invest in sustainable business models.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Ugandan HIV campaign targets “cheaters”
A new Ugandan HIV-prevention campaign that frankly addresses sexual infidelity is generating heated debate over the direction the country's HIV strategy should take.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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A Deal with the Devil?: Should health care advocates partner with “Big Food”?
BoP countries are facing a growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, cancers and cardiovascular diseases. But though global health care organizations are responding, they can’t effectively tackle this epidemic without addressing the unhealthy foods and drinks that contribute to it. But what happens when the "Big Food" corporations whose products fuel the NCD epidemic also fund and advise the global health organizations that are fighting it?
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- Health Care
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The dirty little secret for making better vaccines
A menu of 61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria may mean better vaccines for diseases like flu, whooping cough, cholera, and HPV.
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- Education, Health Care
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The unpalatable truth about quinoa
Ethical consumers should be aware poor Bolivians can no longer afford their staple grain, due to western demand raising prices.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Latin America
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- nutrition, public health