Blogs tagged: biometric

Treating TB in India’s Slums

OpASHA counselors holding a "before" and "after" showing that a patient was cured of TB after completing her regimen. Photo by Andre Fanthome.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that health authorities around the world must do more to fight tuberculosis, a disease that killed an estimated 1.7 million people last year. As the search begins for new and innovative ways to fight this disease, Operation ASHA (OpASHA), which operates TB centers in the slums of India, will undoubtedly stand out as a program worthy of replication.

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Improving Health Markets for the Poor—A Goal Worth Pursuing

We are building the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) because we believe that the poor in developing countries deserve high quality health care without having to pay so much that they go deeper into poverty. Improving the performance of...

New on the CHMI Blog: Database at a Glance

Editor’s Note: Starting this month, we will begin presenting cross-sections of the database on the CHMI Blog to underscore trends our programs database is uncovering in countries where the private sector delivers the majority of health care....

Non Communicable Diseases: Not Just for the Rich

On September 19-20, 2011, the UN General Assembly will convene a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), an affirmation that prevention and control of NCDs is finally reaching the global public health agenda. Often thought of as “...