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PORTSMOUTH and#8212; For more than two decades, a local college scholarship program has shown that investing in local talent can pay dividends for the overall health care of the community.

'More universities should provide courses that offer hands-on experience to better prepare their students.' This is the response from the Head of Cranfield Health, Professor Joe Lunec, after a report claimed that those leaving universities lacked the required knowledge and skills to progress in the UK's pharmaceutical industry.

Source: IRIN Armed attacks and threats against health workers are jeopardising progress made on reducing the infant mortality rate in Afghanistan (down from 257 per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 129 in 2008, according to the UN Children's Fund). Nazia, a female health worker in Kandahar Province, told IRIN about the threats she has been receiving to quit her job.

Despite huge sums spent, health care in the U.S. remains inefficient and not well managed. One way to transform it is to pay for results, experts say.

Expenditure may rise to A$246 billion ($162 billion) in 2033, or 12.4 percent of gross domestic product, from A$85 billion, or 9.3 percent, in 2003, the Canberra-based Australian Institute of Health and Welfare said in a report today.