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Investing in Private Health Care for All in India
India is in the midst of the world's largest experiment in democratic elections, with more than 800 million people eligible to vote in its current parliamentary elections.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Leveraging Loyalty: How m.Paani is mobilizing BoP consumer behavior for social good – Part 4 of our Digital Finance Plus series
Whether they’re frequent flyer miles or credit card rewards points, loyalty programs are a mutually beneficial way for companies to build relationships with customers. m.Paani is using digital finance tools to take that model in a new direction, by connecting BoP households’ commercial and social behaviors to points that can be redeemed for socially beneficial rewards.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment, Technology
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eKutir’s VeggieLite gains Gates Foundation grant
eKutir’s new project VeggieLite is a recipient of Grand Challenges India 2014, supported by the Gates Foundation, USAID and DBT, the Indian government’s anti-poverty scheme.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care
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Immunization Support Expiring for Some: GAVI, partners aim to help countries achieve successful ‘graduation’
The GAVI Alliance has helped some of the world’s poorest countries immunize their children. Soon, several of these countries are scheduled to "graduate" from this support. These countries will face a variety of challenges, but they’re already getting help planning for the transition.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- governance, infrastructure, vaccines
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PRESS RELEASE: The Aspen Institute Announces Second Class of New Voices Fellows
Leaders from three continents join fellowship to bring local perspectives on international development to global dialogue
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- Education, Health Care
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Predicting Disease Outbreaks in a Changing Climate in Africa
The IPCC report focuses on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
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- Environment, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Philips India Offers 2 Affordable, Pocket-sized Diagnostics for Xardiac & Maternal Emergencies
The two products designed and developed at the Phillips Innovation Centre (PIC) in Bengaluru which is one among its key R&D locations of the 59 research centres globally.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Opinion: Richard Branson on World Health Day
This year’s World Health Day is focused on vector-borne diseases.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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