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AIDS: Condom ringtones
A new Anti-AIDS campaign in India is utilizing a quite unusual approach to overcome the reluctance of Indians to use condoms.
Supported by the BBC World Service Trust and the Gates Foundation the campaign provides a ringtone for mobile phones called “condom a cappella” that - when the phone rings - is loudly advertising the use of condoms. The objective of the campaign is to make condoms more socially acceptable and…
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Books: Self Diagnosis for Hypochondriacs
While for many Hypochondriacs the Merck Manual of Medical Information might be a bit like a bible for daily / nightly reference, there are other books that help to fulfill the information needs (attention: could already be part of a disease pattern) of Hypochondriacs.
Some take an unusual and in-depth look in scary, unusual and horrible diseases in a slightly humorous way like “The Hypochondriac’s Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have” and others provide general information on diseases.
In difference to these books “The Manual of things that might kill you” is written specifically to address…
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Microsoft Health Future Vision
A video providing some insights into Microsoft’s vision on the future of health care. The video has recently been used by Bill Gates on conferences and is also shown to visitors of the “MS Executive Briefing Center”.
Outstanding pictures like always from that shop and some rather good ideas. But there’s still a long way to go - particular with the IS/IT features.
More information at the…
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Guerilla Advertising: Cancer Scratch-Cards
In Hong Kong special scratch-cards were handed out to remind people of the high risk for women to develop breast cancer and urging them not to gamble with their lives…
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Global Health: New Inexpensive Malaria Drug introduced by NGO initiative
Every year, malaria kills 1-2 million people and infects 300-500 million. 90 percent of deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is present in over 100 countries, threatening 40 percent of the world’s population.
Malaria remains the single largest cause of death for children under five in Africa — it kills one child every thirty seconds worldwide. Today a new, inexpensive, easy-to-take anti-malaria pill is being introduced by French drug maker “Sanofi-Aventis” in partnership with “Drugs for Neglected Diseases”, a campaign started by the international medical charity “Doctors Without Borders”. Sanofi-Aventis and the non-profit Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) announced today that ASAQ, the new fixed-dose combination of artesunate (AS) and amodiaquine (AQ), will soon be available throughout sub-Saharan Africa. ASAQ is the first drug developed by the FACT (Fixed-dose, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy) partners, managed by DNDi in partnership with Sanofi-Aventis. Chloroquine, developed in 1934, was the first very cheap…
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UK women are now officially the fattest in Europe
Based on the authoritative Eurostat yearbook British women are now leading the chart of obesity of the EU’s 27 member countries. Measured by the Body Mass Index that calculates a height to weight ratio - people are classified as obese if they weigh a fifth more than their ideal maximum weight. A quarter of women and a fifth of men in the UK are now so overweight that their health is at serious risk. The EU statisticians looked only at adult obesity, but previous studies have shown…
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Health: The Challenges of Global Health
US magazine “Foreign Affairs” - one of the most influential publication on international affairs and foreign policy in America - has an excellent opinion piece on Global Health. The 12 page essay was written by Pulitzer Price winner and bestseller writer “Laurie Garrett” who is also well known for her book “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public health”. We strongly recommend reading the document to anybody working in Global Health and to anybody who is interested in what is happening in fighting AIDS, Malaria and TB. We put some quotes together below…
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Advertising: Austrian Red Cross living 3D Billboard
To encourage people to donate blood the Austrian Red Cross had a set of 3D Billboards put up with “living” blood bags. The blood bags in the billboards expand, contract and make pumping noises like a pumping heart. Great idea that certainly has got lots of attention from passer-by…
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