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A radical view for the age of superbugs: Don’t fight infections. Learn to live with them
Scientists have focused for decades on the how the immune system battles pathogens. Janelle Ayres believes other elements of our physiology are at least as important — so she’s hunting for the beneficial bacteria that seem to help some patients maintain a healthy appetite and repair damaged tissue even during bouts of serious disease.
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Satellites find “hidden forests” helping fight against global warming
They found that trees like baobab and acacia shade 467 million more hectares of land than previously thought - an area roughly equal to half the size of the United States - increasing estimates of global forest cover by at least nine percent.
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Healthcare at the click of a button
With patients in Africa having to wait in long queues, travel vast distances or wait weeks for a visit from a healthcare provider, e-health innovations have the potential to change the lives of millions of people on the continent.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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L.A. startup launches investing platform to deliver profits — with purpose
With offices in Santa Monica, California, the startup aims to provide consumers the opportunity to invest in six portfolios focused on a positive future: green technology, renewable energy, zero waste, clean water, healthy living, and disease eradication.
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- Investing
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- North America
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African chidren benefit from social entrepreneurs
Reach for Change Africa is a non-profit organization that runs incubators, accelerators and other customized programs to help local social entrepreneurs develop sustainable organizations that impact the lives of children, youth and women. In the report, a number of social entrepreneurs from the seven countries where Reach for Change Africa operates, explained how the organization’s programs helped them to develop their social ventures.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OpenInvest Asks Investors to Put Their Money Where Their Values Are
OpenInvest is grown 85 percent since its soft launch last September, so Tech.Co used their seed round announcement as an opportunity to have a chat with OpenInvest CEO and cofounder Conor Murray about just how OpenInvest’s unique approach to socially responsible investing works.
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- Investing, Technology
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- North America
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Ten Years Since Industry Was Formally Established, Impact Investing Exhibits Growing Track Record and Broad Investor Satisfaction
Capturing data from 209 of the world’s leading impact investors, this survey presents a detailed analysis of market activity, capital flows (including by geography and sector), and investor insights into key market topics. In 2016, survey respondents committed a total of USD 22.1 billion into nearly 8,000 impact investments.
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Women in northern India said, ‘No toilet, no bride,’ and it worked
Through radio spots, billboards, posters and painted slogans on buildings, the “No Toilet, No Bride” campaign, launched by state authorities in 2005, encourages women and their families to demand that male suitors build a private latrine before they will agree to marriage.
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- Health Care
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