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Suspended Between Life and Death: LifeWraps Fights Obstetric Hemorrhaging
Obstetric hemorrhaging is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide; every four minutes a woman dies from unstoppable bleeding during delivery. But about half of those deaths could be prevented using a new, incredibly simple first aid device called a LifeWrap—picture a scuba-style wetsuit sliced into strips that Velcro around a woman’s lower body.
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Featured Event: Hangout, Learn, Interact: Join Ashoka Changemakers and Accenture for the Social Intrapreneurship Google Hangout on Thursday
Investing in BoP markets or developing environmentally responsible products is being woven directly into the business strategy of some of the world’s largest corporate firms. But who are these corporate weavers? To find them and harness their potential, Ashoka Changemakers and Accenture have joined forces to run the inaugural League of Social Intrapreneurs online competition.
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Honoring November’s ‘NextBees’ : Buzz-worthy tales of bucking culture, reaching markets
Welcome to the second edition of the “NextBees,” our monthly awards recognizing the posts with the most – the most reads, the most comments and/or the most shares on social media – that is. The two most-read posts that also elicited the most reactions and shares on NextBillion in November, essentially, were all about bucking corporate culture.
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The Top Health Care Innovations of 2012: CHMI Releases its 2012 Highlights Report
Innovators are experimenting with clinic chains and franchises, mobile health care and other tactics to provide better care to the world’s poor, according to a new report from the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI).
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Tiendas de la Salud: A Microfranchise Health Store Launches in Guatemala
Tiendas de la Salud is part of the micro-franchise business model set up by Mercy Corps and the Linked Foundation, now owned by Farmacias de la Comunidad. Microfranchise models, broadly defined, are small businesses run by entrepreneurs at the base of the socio-economic pyramid that can be easily operated and replicated. In TISA’s case, entrepreneurs own and manage local microfranchise health stores, filling a badly needed public health and market niche.
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NexThought Monday – A Close Look at Safaricom’s M-Shwari : Mobile, yes, but how ‘cool’ is it for customers?
Finally it’s here, a banking product on Safaricom’s terms. Following last week’s announcement, foreign M-PESA watchers get to add another word to their stock of essential Swahili words: shwari, meaning ‘calm’ or ‘cool.’The financial inclusion community has keenly been looking for more instances of mobile money platforms connecting with bank offerings. Before you rejoice at this announcement, consider what it means for other banks in Kenya.
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Weekly Roundup: Giving the Gift of Social Enterprise, But How? : Help us build a list of for social enterprise giving/investing
It’s that time of year when charitable giving spikes. As the tax year comes to a close, many Americans scramble to make donations to help their fellow man – contributions they can also deduct from their taxes. But what about donations to help spur social enterprises serving the poor or helping the environment? Let’s make a list.
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Unleash the World’s Entrepreneurial Geniuses: UN resolution encourages removing constraints on entrepreneurs
Sponsored by Israel’s Mission to the U.N., an unprecedented resolution encourages countries to remove potential licensing, financial and legal barriers that prevent local businesses from stimulating widespread economic and social growth. It also emphasizes the value of teaching entrepreneurial skills at all levels of education, so that everyone—including youth and women—can turn their creativity, energy and ideas into business opportunities
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