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Friday, June 07, 2013 — No Region Specified

How AIDS Invented Global Health

Source: The New England Journal of Medicine
Over the past half-century, historians have used episodes of epidemic disease to investigate scientific, social, and cultural change.
TAGS:health care, HIV/AIDS, public health, research
Tuesday, February 05, 2013 — No Region Specified

Cancer and the Global Equity Divide: A Call for Action

Source: PLOS.org
Caused by an inequity in health, health care and resulting disease, the disparities across the cancer care continuum found between rich and poor countries remain largely unaddressed.
TAGS:health care, public health, research
Thursday, January 31, 2013 — No Region Specified

A novel pathway for a mucosal TB vaccine

Source: UB News Center
A new pathway for improving vaccines against tuberculosis has been discovered by microbiologists at the University at Buffalo in collaboration with researchers at other universities, according to a paper in the journal Mucosal Immunology, published by the Nature group.
TAGS:health care, public health, research, tuberculosis, vaccinations
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 — No Region Specified

The dirty little secret for making better vaccines

Source: Futurity
A menu of 61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria may mean better vaccines for diseases like flu, whooping cough, cholera, and HPV.
TAGS:health care, healthcare technology, public health, research, vaccinations
Thursday, January 17, 2013 — No Region Specified

'Game-Changing' Flu Vaccines Not Far Off

Source: Sci-Tech Today
Today's flu shots aren't perfect -- but a "universal" flu vaccine that works better and lasts longer may not be far off, health experts say.
TAGS:health care, research, vaccinations
Monday, January 14, 2013 — No Region Specified

Deal leaves risks for global health to fall or be pushed off the cliff

Source: Science Speaks Blog
Will the U.S. government's fiscal cliff deal mean steep drops in global health and research funding?
TAGS:Aid agencies, governance, health care, nonprofit, poverty alleviation, research
Friday, December 14, 2012 — No Region Specified

New, Individual-Level Data on Financial Inclusion: The “Unbanked” Are Deterred by Cost, Documentation, and Travel Requirements

Source: World Bank Press Release
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2012 – Policy makers can boost the number of people using formal financial services through policies that help reduce the cost, documentation requirements, and travel distance associated with accessing a bank account, says a new World Bank research paper.
TAGS:financial inclusion, research
Thursday, December 06, 2012 — No Region Specified

Are you the next Mark Zuckerberg?

Source: Salon.com
New tests are helping loan officers assess entrepreneurs -- and weed out the bad investment risks from the good
TAGS:entrepreneurship, microcredit, research
Wednesday, December 05, 2012 — Sub-Saharan Africa

AfDB, researchers launch $63 m initiative to lift Africans out of poverty

Source: Africa Science News
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and researchers have launched the US$63.24 million AfDB-funded initiative aimed to raise agricultural productivity and also lift millions of Africans out of poverty.
TAGS:investment fund, poverty alleviation, research
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 — Sub-Saharan Africa

Study paints sad picture of women in poor countries

Source: Standard Digital
Women perform more than half of all economic activities in developing countries but only a third of their work is captured by statisticians, a new report says. This means women are likely to miss out on business, industrial and social development opportunities arising from globalisation.
TAGS:financial inclusion, poverty alleviation, research, Women
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 — No Region Specified

Release of 2012 MIV Survey – growth stabilizes in spite of lower rates and investor redemptions

Source: Press Release
Washington D.C., October 16, 2012 – Today MicroRate released The State of Microfinance Investment 2012, which finds that microfinance investment has stabilized into a lower growth rate following the global financial crisis.
TAGS:metrics, Microfinance, research
Thursday, October 11, 2012 — Europe & Eurasia

GlaxoSmithKline opens door on data in bid to aid discovery of medicines

Source: The Guardian
British drugs company releases findings of clinical trials and announces new effort to find tropical disease cures
TAGS:health care, pharmaceutical industry, research, social impact
Thursday, October 04, 2012 — No Region Specified

Social Enterprise - ImpactAssets50 provides view of growing impact investing landscape

Source: Trust Law
SAN FRANCISCO (TrustLaw) - A database of fund managers who invest for maximum social, environmental and financial impact shows that assets under management grew 15 percent compared to last year to $10.2 billion.
TAGS:Impact Assessment, impact investing, investment fund, research
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 — No Region Specified

Scaling from Small to Large: Endeavor Insight's Research Reveals How Entrepreneurs are Integral to Solving the Job Crisis

Source: MarketWatch Press Release
NEW YORK, Sep 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Entrepreneurship is increasingly viewed as a key solution to chronic unemployment, but when it comes to job creation, not all entrepreneurs are equal. According to a new report and interactive online tool released by Endeavor Insight, high-growth small and medium size enterprises that scale into large businesses have significant potential to drive sustained job creation and employment, especially in emerging markets. Endeavor Insight partnered with Omidyar Network and Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) to commission and release the report.
TAGS:ANDE, employment, entrepreneurship, research, scale
Monday, February 06, 2012 — No Region Specified

McGraw-Hill Research Foundation Policy Paper Shows How Social Entrepreneurship Provides Innovative Solutions to Global Education

Source: PR Newswire
In the last decade, social entrepreneurship has been touted as one of the most promising ways to solve some of the world's problematic issues. How Social Entrepreneurship is Helping to Improve Education Worldwide, a McGraw-Hill Research Foundation policy paper, outlines specific ways in which social enterprise is improving education in the U.S. and in developing countries.
TAGS:research, social enterprise

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