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THAILAND:Expert calls for merger of health schemes

September 2013 Bangkokpost; Professor Anne Mills, vice-director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, has researched and published widely in the fields of health economics and health systems in low- and middle-income. She also helped assess Thailand’s Universal Healthcare Coverage Scheme (UC) in its first decade (2001-2010). The …

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What future for private sector involvement in humanitarianism?

September 2013 IRN; The private sector’s involvement in humanitarian action has risen steadily in the last decade and is likely to play an even larger role in the post-2015 development agenda. “In the face of diminishing resources and increasing disasters and crises… it is imperative to bring in innovative resources,” …

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KENYA:Bungoma Hospital Bans Mobile Phones in Wards

September 2013 TheStar; Bungoma District Hospital has banned the use of mobile phones in the wards. This follows a local television report in which nurses were filmed beating a pregnant mother who was delivering on the floor of the the hospital’s maternity ward. Mothers who spoke to the Star said …

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UK pledges $46.5 million for neglected disease drug R&D

September 2013  SciDevNet; The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has extended its support for the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative’s research and development work by pledging a total of £30 million (US$46.5 million) over the next five years.   The DNDi is a non-profit organisation devoted to finding new …

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Africa unable to cope with cancer challenges – WHO official

September 2013 ANGOP; The WHO regional director for Africa, Luís Gomes Sambo, said on Wednesday in Brazzaville that health in Africa is facing various challenges and opportunities. Luis Gomes Sambo said so when addressing the African health ministers and members of the organisation, who are attending from Monday to Friday …

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