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Notts company Eminate aims to improve global health with new ingredients
After achieving global success with a salt-reduction product, a Nottingham company is working on new ingredients which could improve health.
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- Education, Health Care
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Glaxo’s Ebola Vaccine and the Rise of Tropical-Disease R&D
Financial arguments may finally be leading Big Pharma to increase its minuscule investment in research and development of new drugs for tropical diseases.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Harvard Receives Largest-Ever Donation
A $350 million gift pledged to Harvard University's School of Public Health is the largest single donation in the university's long history, officials said, and will help bolster research in several key areas including global pandemics.
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- Education
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- philanthropy, research
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3 Ways The Internet Of Things Is Revolutionizing Health Care
If you or a loved one has undergone medical treatment recently, you’re probably aware of some of the cool new devices that help perform diagnosis and treatment. You may not be aware, however, that some of these devices are connected to the Internet and have become an important part of the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem.
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- Education, Health Care, Telecommunications
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West Africa: Ebola Epidemic
Socio-Economic Implications of Inadequate Human Resources for Health, and Poor Health Financing
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Why participatory market research for BoP customers generates deep insights
Participatory market research can provide reliable data for developing inclusive business models. By involving the target group as partners rather than passive objects, researchers can not only see the world through their eyes, but also discover new solutions together with consumers. Endeava’s Christina Gradl-Knobloch and Claudia Knobloch share some lessons from recent sessions in Brazil, Sierra Leone and Madagascar.
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The Economic Case for Wiping Out Ebola
On Aug. 22, the World Health Organization announced a draft strategy to combat the West African Ebola outbreak over the next six to nine months. That’s a sign that the global health body isn’t optimistic about a rapid end to an epidemic that has killed around 1,300 people so far. An extended outbreak of such a feared disease would have mounting economic costs.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NexThought Monday – The Affordable Housing Puzzle: Three pilot projects in India aim to assemble the pieces –customers, financing and scale
Can the low-cost or affordable housing segment business in fact be profitable, and more importantly, scalable? asks housing developer and researcher Dhaval Monani. He points to new pilot projects that show promise in delivering safe, very low-cost homes that come with a profit for developers.