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Ebola virus: Vaccine ‘should be ready for 2015’, WHO says, as GSK plays down timing
An Ebola vaccine should be ready for public use by 2015, the United Nation’s health agency has said.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Novartis aims to improve healthcare access in developing nations
Novartis has trained more than 500 health educators and supervisors, addressing healthcare issues for remote communities in emerging markets
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- Health Care
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Why the Ebola Vaccine Won’t Be Administered in Africa
The earliest the world can expect a vaccine to curb spreading of Ebola in West Africa is about a year away, scientists say.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India has big plans for healthcare and pharma
The rumblings of an Indian healthcare earthquake have been gathering pace for some years but the arrival of a new government with a mandate of progressive reform promises to make the earth move for pharma.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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The remarkable impact of secondary education on women’s health
For the first time, there is strong evidence to support the claim that girls education is a great investment. But it goes further than that. Secondary education might be the best way to improve the health of both mothers and their children.
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- Education, Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- public health, research
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Investing in Health: African Countries Expand Domestic and Innovative Financing
This week, President Barack Obama is hosting the first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., welcoming leaders from across the African continent to discuss trade and investment, with an eye toward security, peace and democratic development. Importantly, these high-level meetings will also include discussions of the future of global health investments and the U.S.-Africa partnership in reaching an AIDS-free generation.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PRESCRIPTIONS: Health solutions lie in effective partnerships
Anyone working in the public health sphere knows that things are looking up when a group of experts deliberating over solutions to diseases go beyond the rhetoric and come up with unique and easily applicable ideas.
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- Health Care
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OPINION: Why Global Health Researchers Should Climb Down From the Ivory Tower
In the late 1970s, the Chicago Police Department noticed that the city’s crime rate increased when cops stopped walking the beat and started driving around in patrol cars instead.
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- Education, Health Care
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