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The world is off track in its goal to eliminate malaria. Here’s why.
“We are not seeing the progress that had been achieved in the past being sustained,” Pedro Alonso, director of the WHO’s Global Malaria Program, told reporters in a telephone briefing last week. “Reductions in disease and death have ceased, and we are therefore not on track to meet the 2020 target.”
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- Health Care
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Solutions to today’s development challenges exist in the Global South, stresses UN official
Solutions to today’s critical development challenges exist in the Global South, and every country – large or small, emerging economy or least developed – has something to offer to the world, a senior United Nations official said today, as the 2017 Global South-South Cooperation Expo opened in Antalya, Turkey.
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Amazon launches special store for women entrepreneurs
American online retailer Amazon has launched a new program -- Amazon Saheli --aimed at empowering and enabling women entrepreneurs across the country to sell their products on the its marketplace.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Singapore social startups build a niche market in India
In the last few years, a number of social Singapore origin startups have been building a niche market in India.
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- South Asia
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China Online Finance Regulator Tells Unqualified Micro-Lenders to Stop Lending
"Some institutions are not qualified to issue loans but have used false promotion to attract clients, conduct violent debt collection, and charge extremely high interest rates and fees, causing financial risks and social problems in some regions," it said in the letter released on its website.
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- Asia Pacific
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How small loans can be made cheaper
“Our mothers and sisters who live in villages, whether they are educated or not, have taken a pledge. Twelve lakh people have taken a pledge that they will transact their self-help group-related business cashlessly; they will go with digital transaction, with RuPay cards,” Modi said.
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- Finance
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To address hunger effectively, first check the weather, says new study
Too little rain, or too much, is often a driver of poverty and hunger, leading to poor nutrition and food insecurity among vulnerable populations. According to a new study, rainfall patterns also provide clues on how to most effectively alleviate food insecurity.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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A startup disrupting the prescription drug business in Africa is getting major Silicon Valley support
MPharma manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers in four African countries. It provides inventory financing to clients and is using its growing purchasing power to help lower the cost of prescription drugs for patients.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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