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Mobile Vaccine Vans to Make Healthcare Services More Convenient in Kashmir
Under the scheme of the National Rural Health Mission, Teeka Express, a mobile vaccine van, was launched in Rajouri District.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance, vaccines
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Raining Miracles: Bangladesh’s remarkable health progress
Health care has improved dramatically in Bangladesh in only a generation. The reasons are varied, but one key has been the large-scale distribution of community health workers.
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- Education, Health Care
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Charting the Growth of Mobile Finance: GSMA report highlights key findings, best practices in a vibrant sector
Mobile finance represents a tremendous opportunity for social impact, and an important commercial opportunity. GSMA has been collecting and analyzing mobile money data since 2010, and today it released its annual State of the Industry report, with key findings and insights on the growth of this vital sector.
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- Education
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Press Release : USC Marshall Establishes Master’s Degree in Social Entrepreneurship
Traditionally, students looking to make a social impact in such areas as health, poverty alleviation, environment, education and government pursued advance degrees in public policy and social work.
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- Education
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Why Adolescent Health And Why Now?
With less than two years left to the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for maternal and child health and survival, the UN Secretary-General's independent Expert Review Group (iERG) for monitoring progress did something remarkable last year.
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- Education, Health Care
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- nutrition
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Ugandan mobile money agents in the spotlight
The Helix Institute of Digital Finance launched its first country report on agent networks in Uganda as part of its Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) research project. According to Helix Institute, “ANA, a collaboration between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MicroSave, is the largest research project on agent networks in the world, designed to determine what drives their success and scale.”
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- Education
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Community-Based Methods for Improving Maternal and Newborn Health
High mortality rates for pregnant women and newborns continue to be a major health concern in Africa, with Ethiopia being one of the most affected countries.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Scaling Mobile for Development: Strengthening the business case for social enterprises, including those delivering health care
The developing world is rapidly gaining access to mobile phones, but still lags in services key to development. This gap presents an opportunity for social entrepreneurs, impact investors, NGOs and mobile operators who would like to achieve positive social impact through commercially viable businesses.
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- Education, Health Care, Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise, Technology
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