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Diagnostics by Phone: uChek’s smartphone solution provides urinalysis everywhere
In rural areas at the BoP, patients often have to trek a long way to their nearest health center and diagnostics lab. So they only visit the doctor if they’re really sick, and rarely go for lower-priority services like screenings and preventive care. That’s why Biosense Technologies has developed uChek, a diagnostic app that converts a smartphone into a lab urinanalyzer that can screen for about 25 medical conditions.
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- Health Care, Technology
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NexThought Monday – The Last 50 Miles : How Village Level Entrepreneurs are building clean energy networks
Village Level Entrepreneurs is a growing profession across rural India. Most are business owners who hawk a wide variety of products and services. The scope of VLE networks extend well beyond the realm of basic household products. Harnessing VLE network to increase clean energy access across rural belts is a key to making energy access possible.
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- Energy
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The BoP Century?: The exciting (or scary) implications of demographics for global health and social enterprise (Bi-weekly Checkup, 7/20/13)
By 2100, Nigeria is projected to have a population of almost 1 billion. Other sub-Saharan African countries will also experience spectacular growth, and the population of developing countries will far surpass that of the rest of the world. We explore these possible changes and their exciting (or disturbing) implications in NextBillion Health Care’s Bi-weekly Checkup.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- public health
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Engaging the Diaspora Communities for Development: Calvert Foundation aims to join retail investing for good with diaspora populations
This week, we are excited to explore values-based investing with a new demographic: diaspora communities. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation recently awarded Calvert Foundation a grant to conduct a feasibility study for the diaspora initiative, with the goal of launching a pilot for a specific diaspora community at the conclusion of the study.
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- impact investing, research
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Modelling Inclusive Business Success: Online course on managing key BoP biz barriers kicks off in fall 2013
The European BoP Learning Labs and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development are to teaming up to offer an e-learning course this autumn. The course will target technical and middle management professionals who aim to improve their understanding and skills on approaches to developing, implementing, and scaling inclusive business models.
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- Education
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Food Fortification in the Midst of Political Turmoil: Can a functioning “nutrient economy” become part of the solution in Egypt?
Political turmoil can dictate the amount and quality of nutrients accessible to everyday people. And coverage of the Arab Spring has brought to light the dire circumstances still faced by many in the Middle East and North Africa. In Egypt, where do nutrients come into the conversation for the country moving forward? Can a functioning “nutrient economy” become part of the solution?
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- nutrition
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Pledge Guarantee for Health: Using innovative financing to make aid work better, faster and smarter
To achieve the Millennium Development Goals, aid agencies must make every dollar count. But according to estimates, the volatility of development aid costs as much as 28 cents of every dollar spent. In this post, Ariel Pablos-Méndez of USAID discusses the Pledge Guarantee for Health, a simple, innovative financing tool that can help make development aid work better, faster and smarter.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- public health
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Building an Affordable Learning Market: The Pearson Affordable Learning Fund one year on, lessons learned in education impact investing
The Pearson Affordable Learning Fund (PALF) was established in May 2012, with a mandate to invest in the creation and servicing of low-cost-private school chains around the globe. Here are a few of the things we’ve learned about education impact investing in the year since we launched.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
