Sugar-Free Health Care

LAGOS — While at dinner recently at a restaurant in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, I observed a mismatched couple. The man appeared to be at least 60, but was dressed in skinny jeans and a skin-tight sleeveless top, with a large gold chain and dark sunglasses, though it was after eight in the evening. His companion, …

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2 Innovations Bringing Simplicity Back To Health Care

The ubiquity of mobile phones and decreasing cost of SMS are beginning to transform health care systems in some of the most impoverished regions of the world—places such as Kibera, Nairobi, Africa’s largest urban slum. But even as Kenya’s mobile penetration is nearing 80%, better access to health information doesn’t always translate into more health …

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