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A Chemist’s Novel Idea: Teri Dankovich invents a type of paper that filters water, then incorporates it into a ‘Drinkable Book’
Teri Dankovich invented a paper that purifies drinking water, and she's incorporated that paper into a book which includes information on why and how water should be filtered. In this Q&A interview, she talks about how her research project evolved, how the paper works, what the business prospects are and how it might some day save millions of lives.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Viewpoint: Iran Nuclear Deal Will Bolster Global Health
National security and regional stability have dominated the political debate over the Iran nuclear accord in recent weeks. Less discussed, however, are the far-reaching, positive implications for public health that will come when sanctions are lifted, as the deal calls for, and Iran’s medical system can begin to cooperate with the West again.
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- Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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- public health
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Hamstrung by red tape, hospital operators buy their way into India
Expanding through acquisitions has increasingly become the tactic of choice for hospital operators seeking to speedily expand in India, where the demand for private healthcare is booming thanks to an overburdened public healthcare system.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Local Data Underpins Tanzania’s Next Malaria Plan
Tanzania’s health ministry is set to revisit the way it goes about collecting data to control malaria following new insights into the disease.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Crafting a Public Health Campaign
You never quite know what’s going to fall into your lap in the World Health Organization’s media unit. The Regional Director may need to reshoot a TV spot on the same day that a storm suddenly floods one of the 11 countries you oversee. Figuring out what the various arms of the WHO are doing in response to a situation, and then designing a campaign on the fly?—?it’s like breaking into a sprint at the tenth mile.
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- Health Care
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Technology Meets the ‘Loo’: Women-led business utilizes bio-toilets to overcome infrastructure challenges
Namita Banka, a former jewelry designer, took a course in social entreprepreneurship in 2009 and emerged ready to make a difference in her community. A few years later, she incorporated Banka BioLoo to produce environmentally friendly bio-toilets. Here, Sanjay Banka, Namita's husband, talks about the business and the cultural obstacles it's working to overcome.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care, Technology
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- public health
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In India, Less than 50 Percent of Women Breastfeed in First Hour of Birth
India ranks lowest among South Asian countries in breastfeeding practices with only 44 percent of women being able to breastfeed their babies within one hour of delivery.
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Putting an end to global health’s ‘silent killer’
Viral hepatitis is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide. Together, hepatitis B and C cause approximately 80 percent of all liver cancer deaths and kill close to 1.4 million people every year — more than either HIV or tuberculosis.
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- Health Care
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