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Enlisting Quacks in the Battle Against TB: An alarming study from Lepra highlights the need to train and regulate informal providers
Tuberculosis is second only to HIV/AIDS as the world’s deadliest infectious disease - and improper treatment can increase its drug resistance. But alarming research from the international charity Lepra suggests that proper treatment is rare among the informal providers common at the BoP. Lepra spoke with NextBillion Health Care about the need to enlist these providers in the fight against TB.
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- Education, Health Care
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- public health, research
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Announcing the NextBillion Case Writing Competition: (AKA: The people you need to impress)
This much you may already know: We’re looking forward to bringing back the NextBillion Case Writing Competition in 2014 thanks to the sponsorship of Citi Foundation and the administrative guidance of GlobaLens. Here’s what you may not know: The people you will need to impress with your cases. I’m excited to announce the judges for next year’s case writing competition.
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- Education
