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This Tiny Disease-Diagnosing Microchip Only Costs A Cent To Make
Diagnosing disease often requires analysing and detecting single cells with lab tests that cost hundreds of dollars each. Hospitals in a poor country stricken with a disease epidemic like HIV or malaria simply might not have the funds to run all of those tests. Scientists are looking for a cheaper option.
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Opinion: How Pharma Can Fix Its Reputation and Its Business at the Same Time
The business model of research-based pharmaceutical companies is under significant pressure. Their return on R&D investment has dropped to its lowest levels in decades, and their public reputation in the United States and abroad is worse than ever.
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- North America
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Africa urged to explore new healthcare financing as overseas donation declines
Sub-Saharan Africa should explore innovative financing for primary healthcare in the light of declining support from overseas donors, advocates said at a forum in Nairobi on Friday. The advocates and policymakers said domestic resources will cushion the health sector in Africa from paralysis occasioned by major cutbacks from bilateral and multilateral donors.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Big Funders, Big Data: The Growing Quest to Learn More About Global Health
Back in 2015, when Bloomberg Philanthropies teamed up with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to launch a $100 million Data for Health initiative, we learned something surprising: According to the World Health Organization, around two-thirds of all deaths around the world go unrecorded—that’s around 35 million people.
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Corporate Aid Can Revive India’s Ailing Public Healthcare System
Despite the rapid growth of the private sector, the government has been unable to employ its services in providing quality healthcare across all segments of society. And we need to ask why!
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- South Asia
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Google May Help Out With a Tech-Forward Public Health Solution in India
Google is getting into government. According to a report from The Economic Times, the tech giant is in talks with the Indian government regarding a public health sector partnership. Should a collaboration come to fruition, Google would offer a tech-based solution to help officials collect and analyze health data more efficiently.
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- South Asia
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Wockhardt Foundation launches 100th healthcare van
"We are happy to announce that the 100th 'Mobile 1000' healthcare van was launched in Uttarakhand today in partnership with the Hans Foundation and it will further bridge the gaps in the delivery of healthcare services to rural India," said Dr Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO and Trustee of Wockhardt Foundation, the social arm of pharma company Wockhardt Ltd
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Opinion: Mr. Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’ Will Harm Global Health
With a single memorandum, President Trump may well have made it harder for health workers around the world to fight cancer, H.I.V., Zika and Ebola. The memorandum, signed on Monday, reinstates and expands a policy barring health organizations abroad, many of which provide an array of services, from receiving federal funds if they even talk to women about abortion as a method of family planning.
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- Health Care
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