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Investment Program Can Cut Global Health Disparities by 2035
The authors of the framework note that the current generation has the financial and technological capability to begin closing the global health gap.
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A California nonprofit is crowdfunding its tech-enabled HIV vaccine project
It is now 25 years since the first World AIDS Day. Although patient outcomes have improved significantly over that time, the long-sought-after vaccine remains elusive.
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Activist finds innovative method to popularise condoms
Janssen is the Communication Advisor to Universal Access to Female Condoms (UAFC), a joint programme launched in 2009 by four organisations (Oxfam Novib, Rutgers WPF, i+solutions and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs) with the aim of making female condoms accessible and affordable for all.
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New Study Demonstrates the Power of Ultrasound Screenings to Transform Maternal and Newborn Care in Rural Uganda
"Magnet Effect" caused by access to innovative ultrasound technology includes positive clinical trends in antenatal visits and newborn deliveries
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Clinics Bring Health Care to the Countryside in South Africa
South Africa has a serious lack of healthcare facilities in rural areas but some new solar-powered mobile clinics are changing that.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- reproductive health, solar
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New health resource to improve access to family planning for women after childbirth
Interventions address health service gaps for this often overlooked group of women
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8 Incredibly Effective Ways to Save Children from Preventable Deaths
How many children's lives can be saved with $1 million? That's the question posed to the eight finalists in the inaugural Caplow Children’s Prize, the biggest humanitarian prize for saving the lives of children.
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Women’s access to life-saving contraception increases in Kenya
There are 222 million women in developing countries who wish to prevent or delay childbirth but who are not using modern contraceptives, according to the World Health Organization.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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