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Kenyans turn to the internet to raise money for their medical bills
As the cost of healthcare rises, even for those who are insured, many Kenyans are turning to the internet for help.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India to expand access to J&J’s TB drug this year
India's top tuberculosis fighter said the government will expand access to Johnson & Johnson's breakthrough TB drug this year, but health experts warn much more needs to be done to eliminate the superbug by 2025. India will make bedaquiline, one of just two new TB drugs marketed over the last 50 years, available at 140 government-run TB treatment centers by November, said Sunil Kharpade, head of India's Central TB Division.
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- South Asia
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MFIN launches mobile app to spread financial literacy
MFIN, an association of the microfinance industry in India, today launched a financial literacy mobile app for clients. The multi lingual financial literacy app will act as a guide and ready reckoner for the clients, said Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), which mainly caters to underbanked and unbanked population in the country.
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A market for mental health insurance?
Mental health is a subject often not spoken about voluntarily, except by professionals in the field. Mental health insurance is even further from the discussion. There is a shortage of service providers as well as services. Several barriers deter the progression of mental health services in low- to middle-income countries like India, including inadequate funding, concentration of services in urbanized centres, lack of integration with primary care services, and lack of experience and training among mental health professionals.
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Remittances to Developing Countries Decline for Second Consecutive Year
Remittances to developing countries fell for a second consecutive year in 2016, a trend not seen in three decades, says the latest edition of the Migration and Development Brief, released today during the World Bank’s Spring Meetings. The Bank estimates that officially recorded remittances to developing countries amounted to $429 billion in 2016, a decline of 2.4 percent over $440 billion in 2015. Global remittances, which include flows to high-income countries, contracted by 1.2 percent to $575 billion in 2016, from $582 billion in 2015.
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WHO, Pfizer seek acceleration of global access to vaccines
Following the ongoing Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) epidemic in Nigeria and as part of activities to mark the World Immunisation Week (WIW), April 24 to 30, Pfizer pharmaceuticals and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have called for acceleration of global access to vaccines in developing countries.
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Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi get first vaccine
The world's first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries - Ghana, Kenya and Malawi - starting in 2018. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites.
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MFS transaction limits taking toll on SMEs, e-commerce in Bangladesh
An account holder can now make deposits and withdraw amounts twice in a day. Previously, the limit for cash-in was five and for cash-out it was five. On January 11 this year, Bangladesh Bank issued an order to all mobile financial service providers to comply with the revised mobile banking transaction ceiling, citing abuse of the facility by a section of people.
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- North Africa & Near East
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- digital finance
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