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August 6, 2012
Measles vaccines by motorbike help Congolese children
Measles is a highly contagious viral illness. In a country such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), many children are malnourished and their immune systems are already under attack from malaria and other illnesses. Here, Operation Easy Rider helps deliver vaccines to children in a remote area of the Democratic […]
August 6, 2012
The missing link in African healthcare – the auto mechanic
In Sub-Saharan Africa, sick or pregnant people who live more than five miles away from a health centre have lower rates of survival than those who live close to a clinic. This gap was seen first hand by Barry and Andrea Coleman who then started the non-profit Riders for Health. Organisations […]
August 6, 2012
‘Urgent action’ needed if sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate child HIV infection
“Urgent action” is required if countries in sub-Saharan Africa are to meet UN targets on cutting HIV infections in children. The 140-page UNAids report said seven out of 22 countries identified as a priority – Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and India – were in danger of not […]
August 6, 2012
‘Race against time’ as 50 countries set to miss health-related MDGs
According to a recent study, despite reports of ‘spectacular progress’ with respect to MDGs being achieved in some of the world’s poorest countries, more than 50 countries look set to miss both millennium development goal (MDG) targets for cutting mortality rates for young children and mothers by the 2015 deadline. […]
August 6, 2012
Analysis of video telemedicine market
Video telemedicine is a core market in the telehealth industry with many established revenue models and emerging applications. However, the value that video can provide to remote healthcare often is misunderstood. Now, a new study released by Reportlinker.com outlines existing revenue streams for videoconferencing in telehealth and telemedicine, presents complex […]
August 6, 2012
National Strategy for Financial Education – towards inclusive growth
Knowledge confers power. Recognising this, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently on 16th July 2012, released the draft National Strategy for Financial Education. With almost half of India’s population being financially excluded, the need is imperative for such a National Strategy to lay the foundation for achieving total financial […]
August 6, 2012
India’s health coverage reaches to provide free medicines for the poor
As India’s public healthcare system is unable to cope with the needs of the country’s vast population, India plans to provide free medicines to the nation’s poor is marking a major step forward in improving access to life-sustaining drugs. These drugs will be generic drugs and the physicians will be […]
August 6, 2012
Neglect of Telemedicine in India
The fact that even the numerous primary health centres in rural and semi urban areas are grossly inadequate in catering to the growing number of patients often in the furthest of rural corners, made the government of India launch a telemedicine project nearly a decade ago. The Parliamentary Committee on […]
August 6, 2012
India: RBI challenges Andhra Pradesh government on MFI law
An Andhra Pradesh Law (Andhra Pradesh Micro-Finance Institution – Regulation of Moneylending), said to be the root cause of the collapse of microfinance in India and the State in particular, has no jurisdiction over microfinance institutions registered as non-banking financial company (NBFC), the RBI has told the AP High Court […]
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