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Inter-American Development Bank Report Highlights Business Opportunities At Base of the Pyramid in Latin America and Caribbean
According to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report released today, the base of the pyramid is a $759 billion market offering promising business opportunities to the private sector.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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When ‘Wonder Drugs’ Aren’t Enough: Viral hepatitis reaches watershed moment, but who will pay?
Debate rages about what constitutes fair pricing practices for a lifesaving drug that could save millions of people – and how to balance affordability and access with sustained investment in R&D, company profits and responsiveness to stakeholders including patients, health care providers, payers and shareholders.
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- Health Care
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South Africa Is Rebranding Its Condom Campaign: Will It Work This Time?
The South African National Department of Health has launched a new safe sex campaign. Over the next three years it plans to distribute 3 billion scented male condoms, 54 million female condoms and 60 million sachets of lubricant to 4000 sites countrywide. It will cost taxpayers R3.5 billion.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa Moves Towards Universal Health Care, While India Stagnates
South Africa's bold new proposal for universal health coverage in the face of stiff opposition from private health care providers is likely to become a model for providing sustainable health care for much of the developing world. The proposal, called National Health Insurance, or NHI for short, has set off quite a debate within South African society. But health care experts believe it’s the first real step in post-apartheid South Africa towards bringing equity in health care.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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AMPION, Merck Launch Africa’s First e-Health Accelerator
African entrepreneurship initiative AMPION and healthcare firm Merck have partnered to launch Africa’s first healthcare accelerator, aimed at fostering the growth of high potential, early-stage e-health startups.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GE in $14.7M Vows to Build EA Healthcare Skills
Ahead of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi, announced a series of new commitments aimed at addressing some of the most critical health challenges in East Africa through a sustained focus on skills development and capacity building.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Weekly Roundup 7/25/15: ‘Worm Wars’ and other conflicts from the past week
Maybe it’s the heat, but as we approach the dog days of summer, people seem to be in a fighting mood. This week featured plenty of conflict, involving companies, nonprofits, politicians – and even researchers. Grab some popcorn as we cover the hostilities – and compile some memorable tweets – in this Roundup.
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- Education, Health Care
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Calling All Innovators: Nominate a ‘ridiculously awesome’ health care entrepreneur for the Innovations in Healthcare network by Aug. 14
Innovations in Healthcare (formerly IPIHD) is looking for health care entrepreneurs to join its network, which currently includes 55 innovators operating in 47 countries and serving more than 7 million people. A full range of health care delivery is included – rural and urban clinics, specialty hospitals, anti-counterfeiting devices, telemedicine technologies and safe birthing kits.
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- Education, Health Care
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