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OPINION: What Impact Investors Can Learn From Winemaking
There is a winery near my hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, and if you were to ask me what I thought of it I would respond that, “the product is a work in progress, but the user experience is awesome.” Impact investing can learn a lot from this vineyard, Early Mountain Vineyard.
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- Education
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Online facility for Diaspora doctors to serve in India opened by Health Minister
Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in a speech which was read out by the Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan last night to a gathering of US-based Indian medical professionals said that the aim of his government is to bring about a “complete transformation” of the health sector through research, innovation and the latest technology.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Big tobacco snubs health warning law in Indonesia
Tobacco companies have largely snubbed an Indonesian law requiring them to put graphic health warnings on all cigarette packs, another setback for anti-smoking efforts in a country that's home to the world's highest rate of male smokers and a wild, wild west of advertising.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Latin America’s Silicon Valley: That would be Colombia
Today, nearly half of the world lives in poverty, including nearly a quarter of Californians. The United States, like every nation, grapples with the challenge of income inequality. Colombia is no different.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Latin America
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- research
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GATES FOUNDATION FUNDS BAY AREA RESEARCHERS
Researchers in the Bay Area are joining in an innovative campaign to treat diseases and health threats that impact millions of people, but are often overlooked. And their solutions involve thinking outside the box.
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- Education, Health Care
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MIT D-Lab to launch industry collaboration this fall
The "Practical Impact Alliance" will connect corporations, academic institutions, social ventures, and nongovernmental organizations to scale poverty solutions worldwide.
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- Education
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- impact investing, research
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Test could ease diagnosis of tuberculosis in children
A new genetic test for tuberculosis (TB) could dramatically improve the accuracy of diagnoses of infected children in developing countries, although a simple diagnostic kit could be some way off.
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- Education, Health Care
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Health impacts of planetary change, swelling cities: New assignment for UN think tank in Malaysia
United Nations University will help pioneer a fresh trail in global health research, exploring links between the planet's health and human health at an institute in Kuala Lumpur generously supported by Malaysia.
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- Education, Health Care