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The Dangers of the Indian Government’s Flirtation with U.S. Pharma and Risks for India’s Coherent, Pro-Public Health IP Policy
India’s new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and his delegation, who have been visiting the U.S. for the first time, have spent considerable time and energy in courting U.S. business interests.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- governance, public health
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Why India’s sanitation crisis needs more than toilets
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, vowed to eliminate open defecation, India took notice.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Entrepreneur aims to eliminate blindness in Mexico
Poor physical health and poverty can go hand-in-hand. When those without money suffer from a disability, they either cannot afford to get the medical attention to get better or go deeper into poverty trying to become healthy. In Mexico, two million people suffer from cataracts and even more from other eye-related health issues, making it the second leading cause of disability in the country. Most of them are poor or working class people.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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Delving deep into India’s fast-growing healthcare industry
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the framework of a health care system in terms of its basic building blocks.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Malawi HIV infections down
The Malawi Ministry of Health said new HIV infections have reduced from 52,000 to 35,000 per year.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The “Celebrity Couples” of Global Health and Development
Sanitation and nutrition, contraception and newborn survival, girls' education and child survival, infrastructure and maternal survival, women's incomes and violence -- these are just some of the most powerful relationships in global health and development today. Odd couples, you might think.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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US consumer giant seeks to smash India menstruation taboos
The latest commercial for Procter & Gamble's top-selling brand of sanitary pads in India ticks all the usual boxes - a young woman jogs happily in pristine white trousers, before effortlessly winning a tennis tournament.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Plagues on the Poor: What Ebola Can Learn From Malaria
If the U.S. spent more money on disease prevention and clinics—and less on vaccines and drugs—everyone in the world would stand to benefit
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- Health Care
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