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Cell phone technology has changed the economic landscape in many parts of the world. Now it might shape health care as well. Photo: Lisa Hoashi/Mercy Corps

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Paging Dr. Smartphone?

Diagnosing diseases, running blood work and monitoring brain activity -- yup, there will be an app for that. And unlike Angry Birds, it might save lives.

<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (malaria) parasite taking over red blood cells. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericfortin/2186584614/">Eric Fortin (Flickr)</a>

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Cellscope: There's an App for that

A team of engineers at the University of California at Berkeley are pushing the limits of cell phone technology with the development of their newly minted Cellscope.

A new fundraising source for poverty reduction? Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freedryk/525512883/">freedryk (flickr)</a>

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Airport Donations Take Off

How do you make up a yawning gap in funding for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria? By asking airline passengers to pay an extra two bucks when they book their ticket.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2384680412/">woodleywonderworks (flickr)</a>

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A Medical Lab in the Palm of Your Hand

Sure, your cell phone can take pictures and send text messages, but can it detect malaria?

Malaria nets. Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/delamaza/462827603/">Tomas de la Maza (flickr)</a>

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Malaria's Moment

Is malaria's reign of terror coming to an end?

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Humanitarian Cost of Climate Change Understated

Natural disasters are becoming more frequent as badly needed emergency funding is stretched thin.

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Looking to Communities to Lead Malaria Fight

A recent pilot project in Mali has achieved considerable success in treating malaria.

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Climate Change and Malaria

The resurgence of malaria in African cities and highland regions has become important in debates about health and climate change.

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Taking a Permanent Bite Out of Malaria

According to Charles C. Griffin of the Brookings Institution, the fight against malaria has to be long-term and extensive.

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Scaling Up Bed Net Production in Africa to Fight Malaria

An interview about malaria and bed net production with Robin Slatter, Business Development Manager for global vector control at Sumitomo Chemical.

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Global Health

Learn about devastating diseases and chronic health problems that people face all over the world.

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HIV Puts Malaria Back in Spotlight

Malaria gains attention as experts research the dangers of co-infection between the two diseases.

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Maps Reveal Uneven Global Health Statistics

A different mapping style gives a fresh look at global inequalities.

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Worldmapper project

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Chronic Diseases and the Developing World

While the impacts of infectious diseases such as AIDS are well known, few are aware of the ways chronic diseases affect populations in the developing world.

Chronic Diseases

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Floods Increase Risk of Malnutrition and Disease in Somalia

UNICEF Emergency Officer, Bob McCarthy, discusses health and sanitation concerns in Somalia due to significant flooding over the last four weeks.

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