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When Superbugs Attack

Antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 Is Undermining India's Medical Sector March 28, 2012 Sonia Shah Summary: The discovery in Delhi of a particularly nasty form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, against which...

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India's Broken Promise

How a Would-Be Great Power Hobbles Itself April 20, 2012 Basharat Peer Indian elites are cheering their country’s newfound status and influence. But two recent books reveal the ugly underbelly of...

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Dangerous Doses

Fighting Fraud in the Global Medicine Supply Chain May 14, 2012 Tim K. Mackey, Bryan A. Liang, and Thomas T. Kubic Summary: As much as 15 percent of the medicine in circulation around the world is...

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Prioritize the Poorest

Helping the Bottom Billion is Good -- and Good Business May 21, 2012 Robert Jenkins and Anthony Lake Summary: UNICEF officials explain why development approaches that emphasize equality are also the...

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Healthy Governance

How the WHO Can Regain Its Relevance May 24, 2012 By Devi Sridhar, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Derek Yach Summary: For decades, the WHO has debated whether to address specific diseases or to broadly...

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Obamacare and the Court

Handing Health Policy Back to the People July 16, 2012 Barry Friedman Summary: Pundits predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act would make history. In fact, by...

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America's Misguided Approach to Social Welfare

How the Country Could Get More for Less December 3, 2012 Kimberly J. Morgan Summary: The amount of resources the American public and private sectors commit to all forms of welfare is massive -- the...

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The Case for Land Reform in India February 19, 2013 Tim Hanstad Summary: Rooting out poverty is difficult. In the case of India, however, addressing landlessness has already improved the lives of...

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Unhealthy Practice

Medical Work in Conflict Zones Is Compromised April 24, 2013 Leonard S. Rubenstein Summary: For the second time in less than six months, polio vaccine workers in Pakistan have come under fire. For the...

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Who Owns MERS?

The Intellectual Property Controversy Surrounding the Latest Pandemic June 7, 2013 David P. Fidler Summary: The outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has led to a global controversy over...

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India's Polio Win

One Step Closer To Eliminating The Virus March 28, 2012 Kathleen Sebelius Summary: Twenty years ago, there were more than 100 polio-endemic countries; now, with India having eradicated the bug, only...

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When Superbugs Attack

Antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 Is Undermining India's Medical Sector March 28, 2012 Sonia Shah Summary: The discovery in Delhi of a particularly nasty form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, against which...

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India's Polio Win

One Step Closer To Eliminating The Virus March 28, 2012 Kathleen Sebelius Summary: Twenty years ago, there were more than 100 polio-endemic countries; now, with India having eradicated the bug, only...

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When Superbugs Attack

Antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 Is Undermining India's Medical Sector March 28, 2012 Sonia Shah Summary: The discovery in Delhi of a particularly nasty form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, against which...

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India's Polio Win

One Step Closer To Eliminating The Virus March 28, 2012 Kathleen Sebelius Summary: Twenty years ago, there were more than 100 polio-endemic countries; now, with India having eradicated the bug, only...

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A Cure for Africa's Common Cold

Why Malaria Persists October 24, 2013 Sonia Shah Summary: The main challenge to eradicating malaria is a lack of will to do the job -- and not among donor countries. Despite its tremendous burden on...

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Healthcare.gov Didn't Have to Be a Disaster

Here's How to Fix It -- And Avoid Failure in the Future November 11, 2013 Peter L. Levin and Shahid N. Shah Summary: Assigning blame for Healthcare.gov’s disastrous rollout has been about as...

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America's Social Democratic Future

The Arc of Policy Is Long But Bends Toward Justice December 16, 2013 Lane Kenworthy Summary: Obamacare’s success will not mean a leap to socialism, nor would its failure mean the end of liberalism....

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Smart Development

How Colombia, Mexico, and Singapore Beat the BRICS February 5, 2014 Eduardo J. Gómez Summary: By some measures, the BRICS have squandered their years of plenty. Even as they poured money into building...

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Failure to Launch

How Obama Fumbled HealthCare.gov February 12, 2014 Jonathan Alter Summary: Whether the Obama administration’s bungled rollout of HealthCare.gov will permanently tarnish the administration’s legacy is...

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