WORLD NEWS

Five global health concerns

October 2013 theAtlantic; Have you ever imagined what it would be like if villains could email a respiratory virus to the world? Do you drift to sleep at night dreaming of the health crises to come as octogenarians steadily expand their ranks? Laurie Garrett has and does. She’s an award-winning …

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The BRICS paradox: A healthy economy and bad healthcare

October 2013 WorldNewsViews; Within the past 10 years, Peru has joined a growing list of nations experiencing high levels of economic growth and poverty alleviation. This picturesque Andean country has recently joined Mexico, Colombia, and Chile as has having one of the fastest-growing economies in the regionthose four countries are …

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Why health insurance schemes are leaving the poor behind

October 2013 OxfamInternational; Universal Health Coverage has risen to the top of the global health agenda. At its core, Universal Health Coverage is about the right to health. According to the World Health Organization every year 100 million people are pushed into poverty because they have to pay in cash …

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Extreme poverty is a moral issue: World Bank

October 2013 EthiopiaOnline; World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says with more than a billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 a day, extreme poverty has become the defining moral issue of our time, SABC reports.   Kim has also outlined how the Bank’s new strategy would …

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WHO urges end to Childhood TB deaths

October 2013 VibeGhana;The death of more than 74 000 children from tuberculosis (TB) could be prevented each year through measures outlined in the first ever action plan developed specifically on the disease. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “Roadmap for Childhood TB: Toward Zero Deaths,”, launched on Tuesday by global TB …

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LIBERIA:College of Physician and Surgeons launched

October 2013 Heritage;The Government of Liberia(GOL) has launched the Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons, a professional institution established by law to train medical specialists in surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology to independently manage surgical and medical problems to the highest level of competence. The Liberia College of Physicians …

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USA:ObamaCare explained

October 2013 ObamaCareFacts; The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) increases the quality, accessibility and affordability of health insurance. In exchange most people, who can afford to, must obtain health coverage by 2014 or pay a per month fee. The law eliminates pre-existing conditions, stops insurance companies from dropping you when you …

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