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U.S. Cites End to C.I.A. Ruses Using Vaccines
Three years after the Central Intelligence Agency set up a phony hepatitis vaccination program in Pakistan as part of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the Obama administration told a group of American health educators last week that the agency no longer uses immunization programs as a cover for spying operations.
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- Health Care
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- governance, public health, vaccines
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Anti-Counterfeit Technologies Can Save Your Supply Chain: New products help overcome delivery challenges in emerging market health systems
Counterfeit drugs kill hundreds of thousands every year. Technologies designed to help alleviate this problem also have have relevance in supply chains and delivery challenges.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Farm to Family (and, Hopefully, Health and Wealth): Produce distribution model in India builds in economic empowerment
eKutir’s VeggieKart initiative is filling gaps in the value chain in India so small farmers and consumers alike can share in healthier, more productive livelihoods.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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Why, How Market Dynamics Matters: Interventions can improve health outcomes, but it’s a time-consuming and complex process
Market dynamics is a hot topic these days. Why? Because if we understand market dynamics, we’re better able to design, implement, monitor and evaluate interventions that improve health outcomes by improving the “health” of markets
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- Health Care
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Cameroon: Vaccinating Against Their Will
The growing number of child deaths from diarrhoea in Cameroon has necessitated the introduction of a new vaccine (RotaTeq) designed to protect babies under five against common types of rotaviruses that cause diarrhoea.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Delhi’s air among the dirtiest in world: WHO study
An effort by the World Health Organisation to measure pollution in cities around the world has found New Delhi admits to having the dirtiest air, while Beijing's measurements, like its skies, are far from clear.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- public health
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Is India Ready for Better Healthcare?
In the heat of the world's largest election many of India's biggest political parties are promising better health coverage for the south Asian nation’s citizens.
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- Health Care
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- governance, public health
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Inconvenient Truths: How a microscope lens for phones might improve health and hygiene in developing countries
College student Thomas Larson invented stick-on microscope lenses for mobile phones that might have some interesting applications in global development, such as assessing just what is in the water.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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