Global Health

It's not a new drug, new technology or a lifestyle change, but it could have major health benefits

A health worker draws a dosage of vaccine into a syringe during a house call in the village of Kandor outside the town of Bo in the southeast region of the West African country May 24, 2011. Photo taken May 24, 2011.

This is a major challenge for health-care systems in the developing world. Image: REUTERS/Simon Akam

Muhammad Hamid Zaman
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
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