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Increasing the Sales and Use of Safe-Water Filters in Kenya
Each year, contaminated drinking water contributes to the deaths of ~750,000 children under age five. A RAND project is using mobile phones to market durable safe-water filters in Kenya. Letting consumers pay in increments via mobile banking increases adoption of products for which transaction fees would normally be too high. Read More »
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- May 20: For two Army vets, Dallas urban farming offers purpose and therapeutic value (Dallas Morning News)
- May 19: Is the health-care spending slowdown for real? (Washington Post)
- May 19: Number of women landing jobs in oil, gas industry growing (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- May 17: Idaho terror suspect held in bomb plot pleads not guilty (CNN, Erin Burnett OutFront)
- May 17: Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing (Los Angeles Times)
- May 16: Why Doctors Dictate How Much the Government Pays Them (National Journal)
- May 16: Multiple concussions tied to more suicidal thoughts (Reuters)
- May 16: Will Workplace Wellness Screenings Under Obamacare Improve Health? (Bloomberg Business Week)
- May 15: A New Link Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (PBS, Frontline)
- May 15: Living in the suburbs is not good for the health (Toronto NewsFIX)
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Assessing the Threat to the Homeland from al Qaeda Operations in Iran and Syria — May 22, 2013
Seth G. Jones, associate director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee, May 22, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. ET / 311 Cannon House Office Building.
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