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ILO Says 50M Jobs Required to Address Global Health
A new study released by the International Labour Organisation, ILO, weekend in Geneva, Switzerland, said an estimated 50 million decent jobs were missing in 2016 to address essential global health requirements through universal health coverage, UHC, and ensure human security, particularly with respect to highly infectious diseases like Ebola.
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- Health Care
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This Device Could Revolutionize How Malaria Is Detected Around the World
Brian Grimberg was working at a clinic in Papua New Guinea, watching in frustration as the queue of people hoping to get tested for malaria stretched out the door. It took almost an hour to analyze each person’s blood. Clearly, they wouldn’t get to everyone.
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- Health Care
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- public health, research
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How an Indian Comic Book Is Teaching Girls About Their Periods
When Aditi Gupta got her first period, aged 12, everyone told her to keep it a secret. Even her closest family members in her native India couldn’t know. She was forbidden from worshipping at her temple while she was menstruating, and instead of sanitary products used rags that caused her to have rashes.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Novartis’ innovative technology-based healthcare program to increase availability of essential medicines
SMS for Life 2.0 is a joint public-private partnership led by Novartis and supported by its partners, the Kaduna State Ministry of Health and Vodacom.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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HIV-test kits given to women boost testing in men
Providing HIV self-test kits to women seeking care in healthcare facilities could promote HIV testing among couples and male partners, a studysays. According to researchers from Kenya and the United States, men in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to have lower rates of HIV testing than women.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health, research
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This Handheld Breast Scan Is Revolutionizing How Indians Detect Cancer
For 18-year-old Farheen Jahan, life took an ugly turn when she discovered a stiff growth in her breast. However, initial blood reports failed to detect anything serious. Later, in a health camp clinic set up in her locality in rural India she got herself scanned again with something called iBreastExam – a diagnostic tool designed to perform painless and radiation free breast scans, providing results instantly at the point of care.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Investing in Africa: How to Do it Right
There are two ways that Africa presents itself to the world. There is the untapped growth model, where the region is positioned as a future global economic powerhouse; and the troubled, post-colonial legacy profile, of a “dark continent” mired in poverty, corruption and the toxic mix of ethnic and religious rivalries that perpetuate civil conflicts—a civilization at war with itself. In healthcare, statistics on public health show Africa posting major gains against infant mortality and life expectancy.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Telcos to bankroll Zimbabwe’s Health Fund
Zimbabwe telecommunications companies are in for another fiscal whammy - a new 5 cents levy on every US$1 worth of airtime and data top ups which will go into a Health Fund to resource the country's ailing health delivery sector.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa