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New Policy Could Unlock the Gates Foundation, Bring Transparency to Research
One of the biggest private foundations in the world just took a step toward becoming more open with the research it funds.
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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Tunnel Lab: A Social Enterprise that Equips Impoverished Brazilian Youths With Technological and Entrepreneurial Knowledge
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth most populous in the world, but it provides only a minor fraction of the technological innovation that drives economic growth in other countries. A new social enterprise called Tunnel Lab is trying to change this dynamic by introducing a love for technology in many of the country’s poorest favelas.
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- Education
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- Latin America
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Breaking the R&D deadlock: could Open Labs be the key to cracking the world’s toughest health problems?
In January, 2010, an unprecedented step was taken to progress research into diseases of the developing world when global pharmaceutical company GSK announced it was creating the world’s first Open Lab. ... Four years since its creation, the Open Lab model is emerging as a success story.
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- Education, Health Care
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Injections could be a thing of the past with scientists developing a way to inhale vaccines
Fear of a trip to the doctors and a jab of a needle could be a thing of the past, with scientists developing a world-first needless injection to dispense vaccines.
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- Education, Health Care
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Trillion-Sensor Vision, Results Shared
UCSD researchers show latest efforts
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- Education, Environment
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UCLA gets $10 million for center to spur socially conscious projects
Former EBay Inc. President Jeff Skoll has donated $10 million to UCLA for a center that will encourage students to create socially conscious entertainment projects.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Good for health, good for business
Why would a global corporation reinvest 20 percent of its profits from developing countries back into training health workers? It’s simple. Health workers are the driver of health systems.
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- Education, Health Care
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‘Social Impact Bonds’ Tap Private Money for Public Health
More states are considering “social impact bonds” for multiyear projects in health, education and prisoner rehabilitation. Are they a good investment?
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- Education, Health Care