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All About India: A Health Care Market in Transition (Part 3)
Zeena Johar is the president and founding member of IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health, and CEO of SughaVazhvu Healthcare. In this Q&A, the third in our series on Indian health care, she provides tips for dealing with quacks, creating a market for primary care, and developing an effective business model.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- public health
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Getting at the Heart of China’s Public Health Crisis
Trying to wrap one’s arms around China today is a significant challenge. It is a global power with a growing economy, rising military, and expanding diplomatic reach.
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- Asia Pacific
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Using Street Vendors to Improve Children’s Health: An Innovative Solution to Malnutrition
In the urban slums of Jakarta, young kids are getting enriched, healthy nutrition from an unusual place: franchised food carts. KeBAL street food carts have grown from a small nutrition project piloted by Mercy Corps, to a thriving social enterprise with partners like DSM, the global leader in micronutrients. In this interview, DSM and Mercy Corps discuss the partnership and KeBAL’s innovative approach.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- nutrition, public health
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All About India: A Health Care Market in Transition (Part 2)
Zeena Johar is president of IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health, and CEO of SughaVazhvu Healthcare. In this second post in a four-part series on developments and challenges in Indian health care, Johar provides insights on addressing the country’s provider shortage, and reaching rural markets.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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All About India: A Health Care Market in Transition (Part 1)
The Indian health care system is in a crucial phase of its development. The country has no shortage of challenges - but it also presents unique opportunities to social enterprises.
In Part 1 of our series on Indian health care, Zeena Johar identifies the major growth areas in the market, and discusses a potentially game-changing development that may be on the horizon.- Categories
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- public health
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Saving Tanzania’s Poorest Children
DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) - Half asleep, Anuary lies exhausted on his bed in Amana Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s capital. His mother, Mariam Saidi, sits on the edge of his mattress, staring blankly out of the window. Every now and then, she turns to wipe her 18-month-old son’s forehead.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Ban joins Hispaniola effort against cholera
Ban Ki-moon has announced a new initiative that will support a 10-year effort against cholera in Haiti. This comes amid mounting calls for the United Nations to take responsibility over the spread of the disease in the country.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Latin America
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- public health
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Nigeria: Global Fund Happy With HIV, TB Treatment in Nigeria
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Tuesday expressed delight at the level of care and treatment given to persons infected with HIV and tuberculosis in Nigeria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health