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India Scraps Import Duties on AIDS Drugs to Battle Shortage
India has scrapped customs import duties for drugs and test kits used to treat AIDS in an effort to cut prices across the country, as it struggles to cope with an ongoing shortage in its national program to fight the disease.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Sustainable innovation, minus the sticker shock?
What do solar-powered hearing aids, a subscription service for baby clothes and mobile technology for farmers in East Africa all have in common? For one, they are each finalists in this year’s Sustainia100, an annual study of the top 100 sustainability innovations, published Thursday.
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- Environment, Health Care
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MSF urges India not to ‘cave to pressure’ on affordable drugs
Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres appealed to India on Thursday not to give in to pressure from Europe, the United States and Japan to make it easier for big firms to get patents in the country, potentially blocking the production of cheap generics.
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- South Asia
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10 Key Issues Shaping Mobile Money in Africa: Takeaways from the Mondato Summit Africa
Africa is ground zero of the mobile money revolution, a rapidly developing and exciting – but often chaotic and confusing – space. Last week, some of the top names in the industry gathered in Johannesburg at the Mondato Summit Africa to bring some clarity to its present and future. We’ve put together 10 key takeaways from the event.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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Reformed drug shops can widen access to healthcare
Retail drug shops are popular with rural people but many sellers lack qualifications. Introducing training, accreditation and oversight can enhance their services and, once established, such a system funds itself, ending the need for donor support.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Modern housing can cut malaria infections nearly in half
Keeping your children home safe at night is a good idea. But what if home is a deadly place? For many people living in developing countries, traditional housing does little to keep out malaria-spreading mosquitoes.
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CSR in Practice: Creating business value and development impact in the WASH sector
Neil Jeffery, CEO of Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor, believes the WASH sector affords opportunities for companies to create business value and generate lasting social impact at the same time – and points to five multinationals to prove it.
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Tony Blair: Access to Electricity Is the Single Most Vital Precondition for Success in African Nations
A decade on from the Gleneagles Summit, Africa is undergoing a remarkable transformation. Standards of living are increasing, the middle class is set to double in the next ten years and a continent that was then a scar on the conscience of the world is now the most exciting. Africa’s challenges are still better known than its prospects; but with a digital revolution in full-swing and data revolution underway, African nations have a chance to leapfrog stages of development.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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