News Rounds: Pakistanis frustrated with aid delivery, microfinance for America, new TB test and how bad governments sicken
Red Cross aid workers face anger in Pakistan (Reuters) Millions of people are still not getting what they need and the situation is tense.
Could Microfinance Work in America? (humanrights.change.org) Even in America, poor people have trouble getting loans. Micro-credit guru Muhammad Yunus says Americans can benefit from importing this scheme invented for the poor in Bangladesh.
New test can diagnose tuberculosis in under 2 hours (Reuters) One of the big problems with TB is lack of quick and simple diagnosis, and recognition of the disease. Scientists have invented a quick test but some like the Gates Foundation’s Peter Small think it may still be too expensive and not robust enough for poor-resource settings.
Governance and neglected diseases (endtheneglect.org) Alanna Shaikh is one of the most insightful global health & development bloggers out there. Here she connects how bad governments make people sick.
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Land grab: Ethiopia boots 70,000; Brits displace 20,000 in Uganda
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Study: Malaria death toll nearly twice the official count, kills many adults
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