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Bolivia Invests $20 Million in Waste Management
WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2012 (ENS) – Bolivia will improve municipal solid waste management services such as collection, transportation, and disposal, with a $20 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank, the bank announced today.
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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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In Africa’s malaria fight, a $3.6B funding gap
A global public-private partnership is exploring a number of options to fill a multibillion-dollar funding gap in efforts to fight malaria in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates Foundation Announces $21 Million in Global Health Grants
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced grants totaling more than $21 million to seven projects through its Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative.
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- Health Care
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Week 1 is Done: Let us know what you think of NextBillion Health
Your feedback on NextBillion Health Care will help us improve the blog. Let us know what you think, and where we should focus our coverage going forward.
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UN FAO calls for sustained investment in global agriculture
Excessive corruption, poor infrastructure and scarce government resources were deterring investment in agriculture and contributing to high levels of malnourishment around the world, said an FAO report released Thursday.
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Telemedicine Still Not Reaching Rural India
Building brick-and-mortar hospitals to cater to a country that accounts for more than a sixth of the world’s population is a near impossibility. At present, 65 percent of India’s population lacks access to modern medicine. Less than 10 percent have access to a hospital, and only 13 percent have access to a primary care center.
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GAVI Needs to Offer Lower Vaccine Prices to Humanitarian Groups
DAR ES SALAAM/GENEVA, DECEMBER 5, 2012—The GAVI Alliance should systematically extend the discounted vaccine prices it obtains from pharmaceutical companies to humanitarian organizations that are often well placed to reach unvaccinated children, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today at the GAVI Partners Forum meeting in Tanzania.
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